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Authorship: Don Love is Associate Professor of Biblical Studies at Liberty University & Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary. He studied The Gospel of John and Biblical Theology under Andreas Köstenberger and continues to publish and teach within these interest areas. Thesis Statement: Internal and external evidence demonstrates that John was written to mitigate the growing Roman … Read more
Many interpreters view Lady Wisdom in Proverbs as the personification of Yahweh’s wisdom. Even more, her lengthy speech in Proverbs 8 affords her a quasi-divine status. This text in turn became the locus of debate over Christ’s nature among the church fathers, with many early theologians, Arians and orthodox alike, resorting to the text to … Read more
Studies of diachronic linguistic change within biblical Hebrew have entered evangelical discussions of the Old Testament’s inspiration, composition, and transmission. Some have levied helpful critiques against the previously assumed dating paradigms in critical scholarship, while others have given some doctrinal accounting of the phenomena of literary updating, which should presuppose linguistic updating. Nevertheless, at large, … Read more
As Christians navigate the contemporary ethical landscape, there is probably no topic that arises more frequently than that of sexuality and gender. Amid Christian attempts to navigate these contemporary issues with biblical fidelity, there have been a variety of recent scholars who utilize some form of a “trajectory” or “redemptive-movement” hermeneutic to argue for a … Read more
Using Richard Hays’ criteria for intertextuality, this paper examines the likelihood of a reference to Sirach in Hebrews. While the criteria are not resoundingly in favor of an intertextual allusion, they do likely suggest a relationship, albeit a highly complex one. In order to understand this relationship, this paper considers the overlap of themes and … Read more
Jay Lemke contends that the meaning of the text can be better understood by analyzing its relationship with the intertextual discourses of its time. In what thematic discourses is the Gospel of John situated? The approach that portrays the Gospel of John as opposing Judaism, as proposed by Louis Martyn and Raymond Brown, has been … Read more
Peter’s vision and subsequent evangelism at Cornelius’ house (10:1-48) marks a significant shift in the narrative of Acts, which prepares the church for its mission to the Gentiles. Luke prefaces this pivotal episode with two miracle accounts in 9:32-43. These two accounts, along with Peter’s ministry to Cornelius, echo three distinct episodes in Jesus’ ministry: … Read more
Modern estimates of the number of variants in the New Testament have ranged from 400,000 to 750,000, but nobody has actually counted them to know. Considering that there are only about 140,000 words in the New Testament, those estimates often invoke skepticism for that would mean that on average there are about three to five … Read more
Thesis: This paper contends that Paul, an entrepreneurial apostle, shifted from causation as Saul to effectuation post-conversion, aligning with Sarasvathy’s theory, reinterpreting his eschatology and mission as flexible and means-driven rather than fixed. Abstract: Saras Sarasvathy’s Effectuation Theory has influenced fields beyond entrepreneurship, shaping decision-making under uncertainty in management, education, and social policy by emphasizing … Read more
Abstract: This paper examines the Petrine household code (1 Pet 2:11–3:12) through the lens of Greco-Roman voluntary associations. Part one interprets the peculiar emphasis on slaves and wives in 2:18–3:6 through the larger context of 1 Peter, the New Testament, and Greco-Roman household codes. The focus on slaves and wives is not unusual compared to … Read more