Building on Kristin De Troyer’s 2010.00 argument that Wisdom of Solomon mediates Matthew’s use of Isaiah in Matt. 27:38-43, this paper examines Matthew’s similar intertextual technique in Matt. 16:18. Scholars have debated whether πύλαι ᾅδου in Matt.16 refers to the ungodly powers of the underworld (Davies and Allison 2004, 2.630-633) or death itself (Luz 2001, … Read more
*This proposal is a co-authored submission by Sungmin Park and Tomas Bokedal , each submitting individually as per the submission guidelines. The present paper discusses extrinsic and intrinsic textual dimensions involved in the emergence of the canonical sub-units that formed the New Testament, and the respective relationships between these dimensions. After an introductory section on … Read more
According to the Westminster Confession of Faith (1.8), Scripture has been “kept pure in all ages” by the special care and providence of God. The same idea is echoed in the Second London Baptist Confession of Faith (1.8). For some, this assertion means that textual criticism, as usually practiced by those in the field, is … Read more