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This paper presents the findings of a comprehensive investigation of καταστολή, a term appearing as a hapax in 1 Timothy 2:9. The usage of καταστολή in 1 Tim 2:9 represents one of only eighteen occurrences of this term among twelve primary sources through the mid-second century CE. Based on a five-year study of καταστολή within … Read more
Throughout the nineteenth century, the status of both free and enslaved African Americans in the United States dominated discussions within the Black community and represented no small point of debate outside of it. Free Blacks faced the problem of laying claim to the rights and privileges of their American nationality during a time in which … Read more
Since the publication of Ernst Käsemann’s “Wandering People of God,” the wilderness motif in Hebrews has gained recognition among scholars. However, it is commonly seen as just one of many significant themes, not the central foundation of the text. Harold Attridge reflects the consensus among scholars, suggesting that Käsemann may have overemphasized the importance of … Read more
The Scriptures were central to the life of the early church. This is apparent from the teaching of the fathers. As a guide to liturgy, the Scriptures played an essential role in the church’s worship; as a manual for catechism, they functioned as a resource to formulate creedal statements; as a text for preaching, they … Read more
Recent literature on the use of the Old Testament in Hebrews makes frequent reference to “prosopological exegesis” (PE)—that is, the idea that the author of Hebrews inserts new speakers into old scenes such that, for example, the speaker in Psalm 40:6–8 (LXX 39:7–9), cited in Hebrews 10:5–7, has become Jesus rather than David. The question … Read more
Psychiatrists and psychologists have studied the causes, context, and treatments of dissociative disorders. A theological viewpoint that considers the complete human nature, both material and immaterial, can offer a more comprehensive understanding of the challenges associated with dissociative issues. Therefore, the central thesis of this paper posits that dualistic wholism serves as an appropriate theological … Read more
After having received the two tablets of the covenant on Mt. Sinai, Moses was descending the mountain with them in his hand when he saw the golden calf and the people of Israel dancing around it. Exodus 32:19 states that his “anger burned hot, and he threw the tablets from his hands and broke them … Read more
Ernest Gordon Rupp said of Thomas Monck’s Cure for the Cankering Error of the New Eutychians (1673), “No high churchman, no orthodox Anglican, not Daniel Waterland himself produced an abler defence of catholic doctrine” (Rupp, 1986). Monck’s Cure was a biblical and theological polemic against the rising tide of Antitrinitarianism in England and the emergence … Read more
Presentations of Divine Simplicity often begin with the disclaimer that the concept is not rooted in Greek philosophy (where similar ideas are explicit) but is consistent with the revelation of the Triune God in Scripture (where the idea is implicit). In this paper, I will explore the biblical reasoning for Divine Simplicity by Thomas Aquinas … Read more
A general consensus exists within Markan scholarship that the Gospel of Mark highlights the suffering and death of Jesus. For example, this is seen from the programmatic logion of Mark 10:45, the distribution of εὐθύς in the narrative, and the narrative space given to the passion week. Broadly, this paper proposes to bolster this consensus … Read more