Inspiration and incarnation: evangelicals and the problem of the Old Testament
... Literature • Diversity in Chronicles • Diversity in Law • God and Diversity • What Does Diver... more ... Literature • Diversity in Chronicles • Diversity in Law • God and Diversity • What Does DiversityTell Us about ... be shifted somewhat, so that what are often perceived as problems with the Old Testament are ... to affect not just how we under-stand a biblical passage or story here and ...
Exodus THE NIV APPLICATION COMMENTARY From biblical text . . . to contemporary life ... THE NIV A... more Exodus THE NIV APPLICATION COMMENTARY From biblical text . . . to contemporary life ... THE NIV APPLICATION COMMENTARY SERIES editorial board General Editor Terry Muck Consulting Editors Old Testament Tremper Longman III Robert Hubbard John H. Walton Andrew ...
PSALM 95 does not read like a "typical" psalm. The first half, vv. 1-7a, is an exhortation to pra... more PSALM 95 does not read like a "typical" psalm. The first half, vv. 1-7a, is an exhortation to praise Yahweh. The second half, vv. 7b-11, is a word of warning against hardening one's heart and ends on an altogether sour note: "As I swore in my wrath: 'surely they shall not enter my rest.'" This second half follows abruptly upon the first, apparently without the slightest indication that these two halves belong together. As a result, many form-critics have argued that Psalm 95 is composed of two songs that were sung in the cult. Congregational praise was followed by a prophetic warning, in what Gunkel called wechselnde Stimmen. 1 This overall approach divides into two general camps: (1) those who recognize two distinct parts but say that this structure is original to the psalm, 2 and (2) those who say that this two-part structure is a sign that they were originally two distinct songs with two distinct Sitze-im-Leben. 3 The form-critical approach is not unjustified since there are clear differences between these two parts with respect to mood, person, and subject matter. The first half is praise, the second half a warning; in the first half the worshipers are speaking, in the second half God is the speaker; the first half deals with creation while the second half deals with rebellion in the desert. All of these factors certainly suggest that there are differences between the two parts that need to be discussed. Nevertheless, I question whether past approaches have been helpful in explaining why Psalm 95 looks the way it does. Whether one argues on form-critical grounds for
The Interpretation of Psalm 95 in Hebrews 3.1-4.13
Early Christian Interpretation of the Scriptures of Israel: …
THE INTERPRETATION OF PSALM 95 IN HEBREWS 3.1-4.13* Peter Enns The purpose of this paper is to di... more THE INTERPRETATION OF PSALM 95 IN HEBREWS 3.1-4.13* Peter Enns The purpose of this paper is to discuss the theological concerns that motivated the author of Hebrews to interpret Ps. 95.7 b-ll the way he did. This part of the psalm deals with the rebellion of the ...
The purpose of this study is to explore the presence and implications of a Jewish exegetical trad... more The purpose of this study is to explore the presence and implications of a Jewish exegetical tradition in Paul's appeal to the exodus/wilderness episode in 1 Cor 10:4. The goal is threefold: (1) to establish that 1 Cor 10:4 is in fact an example of a ubiquitous exegetical tradition that understood the rock in the desert (Exodus 17; as being in some sense mobile: it "followed" the Israelites; (2) to explore briefly the exegetical process that gave rise to this tradition; and (3) to explore some of the implications raised by the presence of this tradition in Paul's letter, specifically concerning the nature of inspiration and scriptural authority, and to offer a time-honored suggestion toward a solution. Now he led his people out into the wilderness; for forty years he rained down for them bread from heaven and brought quail to them from the sea and brought forth a well of water to follow them.
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