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Just as in the last Post, the Greek Scriptures in the book of Acts, the reader will see very extensive use of the “It is written” technique of clarifying the meaning of the discussion in the action at the time of the writing of Romans.  The phrase, followed by a quotation, takes the reader not …

We proceed next with Acts, which was written by the same author as the Gospel of Luke. And again, index verses are in red, referent verses in indigo. You will see that the use of this technique continues extensively throughout Acts and later, into Paul’s writings. ⦁Acts 1:18-22 – of course, speaking of Judas Iscariot …

Hopefully the reader saw in the last Post a very small glimpse of the ways that the combination of tools are to be used to enlarge our understanding of the message in the current setting.  Very little, if any, teaching in the Greek Scriptures comes from anywhere other than the Hebrew Scriptures.  Some teaching requires …

There is a frequent phrase quoted in both the Hebrew and Greek Scriptures, “It is written,” which most often has a very specific meaning and a very specific purpose.  To look at this phrase more closely, we will review much, much Scripture so that the reader can get extensive experience at using some of our …

Our English translations have very few occurrences of the word “Teacher” in the Hebrew Scriptures, but very extensive in the Greek.  Let’s take a look, first at the five verses in HS that speak of teachers, in the NASB (as always, it is good to look at context – in some it will be included …

On LogandSpeck there has been much discussion about teaching. Concomitant with teaching must one not also consider the necessity of testing? How will the Teacher know whether the disciples, talmidim, students are grasping [apprehending] the principles taught if there is not an opportunity for the one taught to be evaluated? Most of this, of course, …

We have spoken earlier that Torah (h8451. תּוֹרָה tôrâ) means “teaching,”  coming from a root word h3384. יָרָה yârâ, most commonly translated as “teach,” but also as “shoot” and “throw,” again an archery term, something being “projected.” There are numerous verbs used for teaching, including: h0502. אָלַף ’âlap̱, used four times, e.g.: • Job 35:10-11 (ESV) 10 …

Taking into consideration all the earlier discussion in this book, especially von Rad’s discussion in the previous chapter, some thoughts should be brought to light that are at least “differences” in ways of looking at things, or using Mr. Strauch’s terminology, “disagreements.” The reader has much background under her/his belt by now. These may be …

You may have gathered that this topic was put off until there was some more basic understanding, thus it is a good sign that you are making progress in having learned many of the basics and are now moving to a bit higher level.  Some foundational understanding was necessary prior to this topic, but it …

It would be a huge understatement to say that during the past forty to fifty years, the understanding of Hebrew poetry has undergone an explosion. The study of Hebrew poetry itself is a rapidly evolving field, contributed to by the advent of the overall “historical-critical” method of Scripture study that Ratzinger discussed, and that has …