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The Express Image, with Philip Graham Ryken: Hebrews 1:3
Season 6 Episode 39
Heb. 1:1-4 is a beautifully rounded Greek sentence in praise of God's Son in and as whom God has spoken. One metaphor conveys the uniqueness of this person as the "express image" of God himself. It i…
Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago
Food as an Identity Assertion, with Aubrey Buster and John Walton: Daniel 1:8-16
Season 6 Episode 38
Daniel's refusal to eat the food provided by the king of Babylon is among the most popular of the Bible's stories. But what food did Daniel refuse, what did he request, and why? A new look at the Heb…
Published on 5 months ago
He Became Wisdom, with Jon Laansma: 1 Corinthians 1:30
Season 6 Episode 37
Beneath the surface of fairly stable English translations of 1 Corinthians 1:30 there flow quite varied interpretations of the Greek language Paul uses. Jon C. Laansma is the Gerald F. Hawthorne Prof…
Published on 5 months, 1 week ago
Amen God and He'll Amen You, with Richard Schultz: Isaiah 28:16
Season 6 Episode 36
The choice for Israel is between quiet trust and anxious haste in an important prophetic passage. Prof. Schultz explains the background, Hebrew imagery, and the NT's interpretation of Isaiah 28:16. D…
Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago
Not Every Woman at the Party is a Concubine, with Aubrey Buster: Daniel 5:2
Season 6 Episode 35
Dan. 5:2, within the Aramaic portion of Daniel, has always been taken to refer to the king, his nobles, his wives, and his concubines, but a fresh look at the Aramaic and its context suggests that th…
Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago
Hunger for Justice, with George Kalantzis: Matthew 5:6, 10
Season 6 Episode 33
The Greek word usually translated as 'righteousness' in the Beatitudes (and elsewhere), is closer to the concept of 'justice,' signaling the down-to-earth concern of a people living under an unjust r…
Published on 5 months, 4 weeks ago
Wheaton's M.A. in Biblical Exegesis, with Andrew Abernethy
Season 6 Episode 32
The M.A. in Biblical Exegesis at Wheaton has been running for about a quarter of a century and it recently broadened its mission to enroll remote learners. Prof. Abernethy explains this transition, a…
Published on 6 months, 1 week ago
Crucified with Christ, with Michael Bird: Galatians 2:19-20
Season 6 Episode 31
In this 300th episode of Exegetically Speaking, we hear once again from Dr. Michael Bird. This time he is highlighting how the knowledge of Greek enables us to understand alternative interpretations …
Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago
The Lord is an Avenger and the Lord is Good, with Mario Tafferner: Nahum 1:7
Season 6 Episode 30
The poem in Nahum 1 breaks its stride in 1:7, in terms of both the Hebrew poetic structure and thematic emphasis. In part by this means, it implicitly asks its Israelite readers, some of whom may hav…
Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago
Wine, Vineyards, Hebrew, and Greek, with Gisela Kreglinger
Season 6 Episode 29
Dr. Gisela Kreglinger, who grew up on a family-owned winery in Franconia, Germany, is an independent researcher who long ago noticed the peculiar prominence of wine and vineyards in both the Old and …
Published on 6 months, 4 weeks ago