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In many ways, Hebrews 7–10 is a crucial passage for New Testament theology. It uniquely defines the priesthood of the Messiah and elaborates upon the New Covenant. Along with Paul’s letter to the Galatians, the Epistle to Hebrews, and especially chapters 7–10, is the basis for most Christians’ understanding of their relationship to the Mosaic … Read more
The Gospels present Jesus as one whose authority over demons was unique in its historical context. Unlike Jewish exorcists of the Second Temple period—who often relied on incantations, intermediaries, and ritual objects—Jesus expelled demons solely by His own authority. This paper examines how Jesus’ exorcisms contrast with Jewish and Greco-Roman exorcistic traditions, as reflected in … Read more
From its beginning, Reformed Christology argued for a Neo-Chalcedonian understanding of the distinctiveness of Christ’s two natures in the unity of the eternal person of the Son. During the first three generations, Reformed doctrine developed in self-conscious differentiation from Lutheranism’s emphasis on a metaphysical communication of attributes (Cross, Drake). After the agenda-setting developments of the … Read more
Huldrych Zwingli faced criticism from nearly every angle in the sixteenth century when it came to the hotly contested doctrine of original sin. Some Romans Catholics, like Domingo de Soto, saw him as “digging up the grave of Pelagius once again and giving his corpse new breath” (De natura et gratia, 1549); some Lutherans like … Read more
Two areas of theological research beginning to bloom in Protestant and Evangelical contexts are theological aesthetics and theology of the body. Some strong examples of the former can be found in Jonathan King’s work The Beauty of the Lord: Theology as Aesthetics and Samuel Parkinson’s Irresistible Beauty: Beholding Triune Glory in the Face of Jesus … Read more
In his recent book, “Jesus, Contradicted,” Michael Licona defines biblical inerrancy as follows: “The Bible is true, trustworthy, authoritative, and without error in all that it teaches.” Licona claims that this definition allows us to reject the traditional view that “the Bible you and I read is only inerrant to the extent that it mirrors … Read more
Although for almost two centuries now scholars have marshaled endless texts to support their preferred reconstruction of the “Colossian heresy”, one pertinent parallel has not been included in the debate, namely Seneca’s Epistle 95. Nevertheless, enough similarities exist between this epistle and Colossians to pique the scholar’s interest. For instance, in his epistle, the Stoic … Read more
Bultmann famously argued that John denigrates seeing in favour of the “hearing/believing” that is achievable by believers in the era of Jesus’ tangible absence. However, in light of recent scholarship contending that God himself is visible in/as Jesus’ body (Irwin) and that the Gospel is particular attuned to the senses (Hangar), the absence of Jesus … Read more
James 4:12 states that “there is one lawgiver and judge” (εἷς ἐστιν ὁ νομοθέτης καὶ κριτής). Most of the secondary literature observes that the use of εἷς is likely an allusion to the Shema (Deut 6:4; cf. Jas 2:19). The “one lawgiver and judge” of James 4:12 is therefore widely considered to refer to the … Read more
This paper addresses the significant methodological potential for New Testament exegesis by establishing a systematic framework for applying register analysis to New Testament texts. Register analysis examines how language varies according to situational context, providing insights into the functional relationship between linguistic features and their social settings. Unlike approaches focused on dialectal variation (language according … Read more