tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156783622009-12-18T05:45:06.144-05:00Old and New Testaments, biblical theology, background materials, Kingdom and culture, thoughts on husbanding, fathering, and life, and a little sports for good measure.Chris Brunonoreply@blogger.comBlogger83125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15678362.post-32605760333276728552007-09-13T20:04:00.000-04:002007-09-13T20:10:02.426-04:00

The ETS national meeting programs are now online. I am giving a paper on Friday morning (see pg. 30). Somehow, however, my title got changed in the program. The paper proposal title was 'The Voice from Sinai and the Voice from Zion: Reassessing Gal 3.19-20.' It is listed in the program as 'Paul’s Enigmatic Statement in Galatians 3:20 Points Forward to the Later Salvation-Historical Contrast of

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Richard N. Longenecker, "Christological Materials in Early Christian Communities"In this third essay in Contours of Christology, Longenecker provides a general survey of the Christological source materials used by the writers of the NT and the early Christian community.In brief, Longenecker deals with four types of source material. First, in addition to describing the events surrounding Jesus'

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Ben Witherington III, "Jesus as the Alpha and Omega of New Testament Thought"Witherington's essay is rather straightforward. He argues that Jesus is both the basis and focus of NT thought. He illustrates these themes by examing the shape of Paul's christology. He begins with the narrative structure of Pauline christology. For Paul, (1) the story of Christ himself, (2) the story of Israel, (3) the

Chris Brunonoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15678362.post-21066241825140067612007-09-06T20:56:00.000-04:002007-09-06T21:46:47.328-04:00

David Griffiths tagged me a while back; since I said I was trying to blog more, and this silly PhD program seems to be getting in the way of that, at least this will count for a post.1. You would be surprised that I listen to __________.Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson. I like old school country every now and again.2. You probably have never heard of __________.A band called Sleeping at Last who

Chris Brunonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15678362.post-72740425229338571822007-09-01T16:16:00.000-04:002007-09-01T16:17:27.754-04:00

Well, at least they won't get my hopes up this year.

Chris Brunonoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15678362.post-71928583053273813382007-08-29T21:05:00.000-04:002007-09-06T22:21:32.072-04:00

William Horbury, "Jewish Messianism and Early Christology" (p. 2-23)Horbury sets out to investigate the question: “Was a messianic hope, in the sense of the expectation of a coming kind or ruler, a significant element in Judaism at the time of Christian origins—and did it have any importance for the origins of New Testament Christology?” (4). He begins by noting the argument of Bruno Bauer, who

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I have started a book of essays about current trends in Christology: Contours of Christology in the New Testament. Edited by Richard Longenecker. (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2005).This book was born from a NT colloquium at McMaster Divinity College in June 2001. It was published, however, in 2005, so most of the material is fairly up-to-date. In the introduction, Longenecker sets forward the

Chris Brunonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15678362.post-25057407148393272142007-08-27T21:41:00.000-04:002007-08-27T21:45:32.858-04:00

I know this is a hot topic right now, but since only ten people read this blog, I don’t think that I am going to solve any problems or change anyone’s mind. But I do want to set out my position as it stands right now, if for no other reason than to help to clarify my own thinking on this issue.Before I begin, I should say that my mind has changed several times on this issue. I have had the unique

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After nearly 24 hours without it, we just got our power back. The whole Chicagoland area got hit pretty hard with storms last night, and we didn't have electricity from 3 pm yesterday until this afternoon sometime. That, coupled with a German exam this morning, made for a pretty intense 24 hours. But, praise God, the power is back on, the German test is over, and I am ready to officially start my

Chris Brunonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15678362.post-67969199579635557752007-08-21T22:34:00.000-04:002007-08-21T23:10:16.599-04:00

Yesterday I argued, following Block and Finsterbusch, that the best translation of the Shema is "Hear, O Israel, YHWH is our God, YHWH alone." The Septuagint translates Deut 6.4 as kurios o theos hemon kurios eis estin, or, the more traditional "The Lord our God, the Lord is one." Most NT references to this follow the same formula. Is this a problem for Block's rendering?Matt Reimer asked in the

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Next week I will be officially starting my Ph.D. program. As I begin this venture as a scholar-in-training, I am particularly struck by the advice of David Black, as posted by Michael Bird here:"My advice to you if you are a fledging scholar is to start a blog, publish it regularly (constant updating and good content are the two keys to any successful blog), and watch what it will do for your

Chris Brunonoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15678362.post-29092294358731365542007-08-20T19:26:00.000-04:002007-08-20T19:29:53.582-04:00

In the fall of 2004 I had an OT Theology course with Daniel Block at Southern Seminary. In that course, Dr. Block mentioned that he thought the best way to translate the Shema is not “Hear, O Israel, Yahweh, our God, Yahweh is one,” but rather, “Hear O Israel, Yahweh is our God, Yahweh alone.” The primary implication of this translation is that the Shema is not primarily a statement about the

Chris Brunonoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15678362.post-30039384614173150332007-07-12T09:04:00.000-04:002007-07-12T09:05:49.627-04:00

As many of you know, around this time last, we were planning on spending a year in the Detroit area saving money and continuing to work on languages before heading to the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, where I would begin a Ph.D. in September 2007. I had been in touch with Simon Gathercole about working with him, and the rest of the NT faculty at Aberdeen seemed top-notch.Everything went as

Chris Brunonoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15678362.post-54789703512777858922007-07-05T11:53:00.000-04:002007-07-05T12:04:41.497-04:00

It was recently brought to my attention that I have never thoroughly read the Justification Canons from the Council of Trent. This council, lasting from Dec. 13, 1545-Dec. 14, 1563, was the official Roman Catholic response to the Reformation. I found that I agree with many of the points, disagreed with many, and found some to be not quite clear enough to know which way to lean.After reading these

Chris Brunonoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15678362.post-79682104705991075282007-06-19T12:24:00.000-04:002007-07-05T12:05:09.167-04:00

In spite of what some may say, I am pretty convinced that the Harry Potter books are not a 'secular' story. In fact, after the seventh book, it may become evident that J.K. Rowling is telling a Christian story.Why do I say this? First, as one reads the books (and if you haven't, you should), several Christian themes are evident. I am not going to take the time to search and document all of these

Chris Brunonoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15678362.post-84677322543488368982007-06-06T20:03:00.000-04:002007-07-05T12:05:30.646-04:00

While sitting around a table during last year's ETS meeting, someone made a comment to the effect that in modern NT studies, we are all New Perspective. I think he is right. Now before you get the torches and pitchforks, let me explain. I am not saying that all NT scholars are disciples of Sanders, Dunn, and Wright. I have starting working through E.P. Sanders' book Paul and Palestinian Judaism

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Peter Leithart posted the following quiz on his website:Finish the following sentences or phrases:With great power. . . .Hasta la vista. . . .Do the . . .Shaken, not....Space, the final....Think outside the. . .I'd walk a mile for....May the force . . .Life is like a box . . .Identify the advertisers by the following taglines:I'm loving it.You're in good hands.Where's the beef?Have it your way.Be

Chris Brunonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15678362.post-21857055276750946952007-05-15T14:59:00.000-04:002007-07-05T12:06:13.411-04:00

I have been re-reading G.K. Beale's edited volume The Right Doctrine from the Wrong Texts? In Vern Poythress' essay, "Divine Meaning of Scripture," he argues that every text of Scripture must be read from three perspectives. First, the meaning of the text in its immediate context. This is our “grammatical-historical” exegesis. Second, the text must be read in light of the part of the canon that

Chris Brunonoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15678362.post-8201225033667393572007-05-10T08:40:00.000-04:002007-07-05T12:06:30.016-04:00

Since I have decided to reenter the ‘blogosphere,’ I thought it would be fitting to give an update of my continuing education. First of all, after months of uncertainty, God finally directed us pretty clearly to Wheaton College Graduate School, where I have been accepted to do a Ph.D. under Doug Moo. Also, I my research topic is the reception of the Shema in early Jewish and Christian literature,

Chris Brunonoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15678362.post-52804719524222632442007-05-09T15:39:00.000-04:002007-07-05T12:06:46.441-04:00

In this book, Brian Vickers, who teaches at my alma mater, presents one of the best and most balanced cases for positive imputation. His format is simple. He first traces the history of the doctrine, arguing that although not all placed an equally strong emphasis on it, most in the Reformed tradition have taught some form of the doctrine of positive imputation.Vickers then deals in detail with

Chris Brunonoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15678362.post-13620139765044757612007-05-09T15:16:00.000-04:002007-05-09T15:18:34.987-04:00

Michael Jordan, March 18, 1995.This is not to say that my blogging ability is on par with Michael Jordan's basketball ability (maybe his baseball skills though), but I think I am ready to start writing a little more.

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I was trying to publish the previous post, and a message came up that said "There were errors." Katie walked up behind me and asked if I was posting on the Tigers. That pretty much sums it up. The Tigers pitchers made five errors. Nearly all of them came at crucial times. They cost us the lead twice and turned a two run game into a four run game another time. Hats off to the Cardinals, but it was

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In 1729, Jonathan Swift published "A Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of Poor People in Ireland from Being a Burden to Their Parents or Country, and for Making Them Beneficial to the Public". In it, he suggested that the poor in Ireland kill and eat their children. It was, of course, satirical. But for those who did not understand the genre, it was scandalous. Nate Mihelis has posted

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Well, I am sorry that the Detroit Tigers have taken over this blog, but this probably will not happen again for 20+ years. This will probably be my second to last entry on them.I managed to do what very few people in this city were able to do: get tickets to a World Series game. I don't know how I got through, but I was able to get on the website and nab some standing room only tickets to Game 1.

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Detroit Tigers, 2006 American League Champions.Unbelievable.Here are a few pics from Friday's game (Game 3)View from my seat for Friday's game 3 during the national anthem (sung by the Temptations, in the middle)The hero of Game 4, Magglio Ordonez, joking with his former teammate Frank Thomas before Game 3.Kenny Rogers, who pitched 7 1/3 two-hit shutout innings for the win, is on the mound.

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