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Book Review: Books and Readers in the Early Church
In honor of Professor Gamble’s recent retirement, I give you this recap of his best-known work, a must-read for anyone interested in textual criticism, material culture, and the use of Scripture in early Christianity: Harry Y. Gamble, Books and Readers in … Continue reading
Chrysostom on the Good of Marriage, Part 2
In my final post on this subject, we encounter some truly beautiful words concerning marriage and family life as we arrive at the heart of Chrysostom’s positive view on marriage, which, I believe, stems from a principle found in his Homily … Continue reading
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Chrysostom on the Good of Marriage, Part 1
This week, we turn from Augustine in the West to a contemporaneous, and equally influential, figure in the East: John, who would later come to be known as “Chrysostom” (Golden Mouth) was born in Antioch around the middle of the … Continue reading
Augustine on the Good of Marriage
Marriage is a contested issue in today’s society, but what many don’t recognize is that it’s always been an issue that has caused sharp debate, particularly within Christian communities. While the instructions of the apostle Paul concerning marriage, as most thoroughly … Continue reading
“The Spirit Speaks” in San Diego
Just got word that I’ll be reading my paper “The Spirit Speaks: Prosopological Exegesis and the Johannine Testimony Motif” at the Society of Biblical Literature annual meeting this fall in San Diego (Development of Early Christian Theology program unit). My goal … Continue reading
The “Spirit of Jesus” (Acts 16.7)
One of my more perceptive students this week called my attention to the curious phrase “the Spirit of Jesus” (τὸ πνεῦμα Ἰησοῦ) in Acts 16.7. The only other usage of this construction in the NT is found in Phil 1.19, … Continue reading
A Useful Exercise: Mapping Early Trajectories
This week, the adult Sunday School class I teach has started our reading of Getting to Know the Church Fathers: An Evangelical Introduction by Bryan M. Litfin (Brazos, 2007). Apart from the book’s content and readability, I couldn’t help but be … Continue reading
Book Review: Evangelical Faith and the Challenge of Historical Criticism
From my own personal experience, as well as my observation of others, it seems to me that there are two types of responses when conservative Christian students encounter higher criticism for the first time: either to disregard it all as … Continue reading
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“Children in Paradise”: Gregory of Nazianzus on Gen 2-3
If there’s one thing I know about the early chapters of Genesis, it’s that they often raise far more questions than they do answers; not surprisingly, modern interpreters still struggle to make even the most basic of decisions, such as … Continue reading →