Septuagint and Reception (VTS127) copy! Yeah!

A contribution of mine was accepted into Vetus Testamentum Supplementum 127: Septuagint and Reception. Although I have known this for some time, I recently received news that I will receive a free copy! Yeah! (It is worth $200, and there are definitely some contributions of more value than my humble attempt.
The (long-winded!) title of my essay [...]

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‘Sinning’ in the interpretation of the eucharist

In many contexts and formularies of the church, the Eucharist has been linked with sin and the forgiveness thereof. Being perchance under the spell of the conversation with Scot McKnight a few of us South Africans had the privilege to be part of, I began pondering on this connection. (Professor McKnight’s lecture can be downloaded as an [...]

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Notes on ἡ βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ in the New Testament

 While reading 1 Corinthians 6, I started wondering about a few things. This is the result – keep in mind that I’ve only grabbed resources I had handy.
The phrase ἡ βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ (“the kingdom of (the) God”) – both nouns with the article – occurs 64 times in the New Testament, according to the [...]

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