tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68903492185434575132024-03-05T00:18:03.780-08:00Tyndale House JournalThis is my sabbatical journal, offering a daily journal of research, activities, and things of interest while studying as a Resident Scholar/Reader at Tyndale House, Cambridge, England.abcanedayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13671418539630398806noreply@blogger.comBlogger67125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890349218543457513.post-88209064196608887502010-12-24T17:00:00.001-08:002010-12-24T17:00:15.342-08:00Greetings<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Merry Christmas, everyone!</span></div>abcanedayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13671418539630398806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890349218543457513.post-3039920842837467702010-04-22T07:00:00.001-07:002010-06-10T14:53:40.406-07:00ἐξήγησις: A New Blog<div align="justify"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">I am announcing today that I am beginning a new blog. What? Starting a new blog, another blog? Well, yes, but it may be that this new blog will become the focus of all my blogging. For far too many reasons to enumerate or even to begin to express, I am finding that I need to concentrate my energies on fewer matters but especially concerning those things wherein my own skills and abilities will make the most difference.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />
</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">So, today, I am beginning a new blog titled <strong><a href="http://ntexegesis.blogspot.com/">ἐξήγησις</a></strong>, exegesis for non-Greek readers. The banner indicates that the blog will feature exegetical inquiry concerning the Greek New Testament. It will offer exegetical insights from my own labors in the GNT, but it will also raise concerns, issues, and questions about passages within the GNT over which I puzzle.</span></div>abcanedayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13671418539630398806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890349218543457513.post-81998202058881497812010-01-28T08:17:00.000-08:002010-01-28T08:19:38.615-08:00Spring 2010 Tyndale House Newsletter<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><a href="http://www.tyndale.cam.ac.uk/uploads/newsletters/TH_Newsletter_Spring2010.pdf">Read the latest newsletter from Tyndale House.</a></span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span>abcanedayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13671418539630398806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890349218543457513.post-60629535103096961572010-01-02T05:23:00.000-08:002010-01-02T05:24:00.771-08:00Tyndale House<a href="http://tyndalehouse.com/uploads/images/header-image.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 503px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 95px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://tyndalehouse.com/uploads/images/header-image.jpg" /></a><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Tyndale House, Cambridge, has a nice new web site. <strong><a href="http://www.tyndalehouse.com/">Take a look</a></strong>.</span></div>abcanedayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13671418539630398806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890349218543457513.post-70856500195539829552009-03-10T12:13:00.001-07:002009-07-25T13:54:23.361-07:00The Faith of Jesus Christ, Paternoster<a href="http://www.authenticmedia.co.uk/PUBLIC/documents/pat09a_lo-%20res.pdf"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 188px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 292px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306959229826681778" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBw6Phk-euNYZ38JMxu1XC1EgiOOv3KRGKeaP7IdgkwyZmOV9cwEDCQkc5Y9BQh8gv9NHpPDuwqwuh_kcrdL9Agx4B2Kdt5ENi6-asWibC63DxwXec0B6ZtjbCLpEtthrTQ5c2hfuftgXP/s320/The+Faith+of+Jesus+Christ.jpg" /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><em><strong>The Faith of Jesus Christ:Exegetical, Biblical and Theological Studies</strong></em></span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> (page 3).</span><br /><p align="justify"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Edited by Michael F. Bird and Preston M. Sprinkle</span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><em>The Faith of Jesus Christ</em> represents an attempt to grapple with one of the most perplexing problems in Pauline studies, namely that of the phrase <em>pistis christou</em>. Issues of considerable theological import hinge on how we interpret it (does it mean ‘faith in Christ’ or ‘the faithfulness of Christ’?). The topic is now well rehearsed in contemporary scholarship and this volume sheds new light on the question by presenting rigorous exegetical studies from both sides of the debate. It also brings creative new proposals to bear on the problem, and orients the discussion in the wider spectrum of historical, biblical and systematic theology.</span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The Faith of Jesus Christ represents the most penetrating and comprehensive attempt to date to grapple with the significance of Jesus’ faithfulness and obedience for Christian salvation and the extent to which it is represented in key biblical texts.</span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Contributors include Francis Watson, Douglas Campbell, Stanley Porter, David DeSilva, Paul Foster, Richard Bell, Joel Willitts, Mark Seifrid, Barry Matlock, Michael Bird, Andrew Pitts, Mark Elliott, Ardel Caneday, Peter Bolt, Bruce Lowe, Bill Salier, Debbie Hunn, Ben Myers, and Preston Sprinkle. Foreword by James D.G. Dunn.</span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Michael F. Bird is Tutor in New Testament at Highland Theological College, Scotland; Preston M. Sprinkle is Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies, Cedarville University, USA Apr 09 / 978-1-84227-641-9 / £14.99 (est.) / 229 x 152mm / 208pp (est.) / World (excluding North America) / Biblical Studies/New Testament</span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">The book is to be published by <strong><a href="http://www.hendrickson.com/html/product/564297.trade.html?&category=all">Hendrickson</a></strong> in the USA.</span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">The essay that I wrote for the book came out of some of the research that I did while at Tyndale House during my sabbatical during the winter-spring of 2007.</span></p>abcanedayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13671418539630398806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890349218543457513.post-78856760479400585212009-03-10T12:11:00.001-07:002009-03-10T12:12:08.105-07:00TH Newsletter<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Check out the </span><a href="http://www.tyndalehouse.com/Newsletters/TH_Newsletter_Spring%202009W.pdf"><strong><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">2009 edition of the Tyndale House Newsletter</span></strong></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">.</span>abcanedayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13671418539630398806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890349218543457513.post-40774753199840509922009-01-08T05:39:00.000-08:002009-01-08T05:45:32.100-08:00Tyndale Bulletin Now Online<div align="justify"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">This is a wonderful way to start off a new year. We may now access online back issues of the </span><a href="http://98.131.162.170//tynbul/library/00_TyndaleBulletin_ByDate.htm"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Tyndale Bulletin</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">, beginning with 1956.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"><br />Thanks to David Instone-Brewer and all at Tyndale House for tackling and completing this massive project. When I was studying at Tyndale House two years ago, at this time, the folks were clearing out closet space by removing boxes of back issues and giving them away as they were beginning the digitizing process.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"><br />This project provides a great resource for scholars world-wide. Thanks Tyndale House!</span></div>abcanedayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13671418539630398806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890349218543457513.post-54752413654940110322008-09-30T06:17:00.000-07:002008-09-30T06:20:19.817-07:00Free online access to all SAGE journals<div align="justify"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Free online access to all SAGE journals until October 31, 2008 </span></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br />You can now register for free online access to over 500 SAGE journals with content available from 1999–current, until October 31, 2008!<br /><br />Earlier this year, SAGE celebrated the launch of the 500th journal site on the SAGE Journals Online platform. SAGE Journals Online provides users access to one of the largest collections of social science, humanities, and scientific, technical, and medical content in the world.<br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">You can </span><a href="https://webmail.nwc.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://sagepub.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d378f8051379af132c6d96650%26id=3fef7cf23e%26e=c2cce82136" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">register here</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">.</span></div>abcanedayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13671418539630398806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890349218543457513.post-84273252938176144492008-09-25T09:15:00.000-07:002009-03-10T12:16:39.689-07:00New Book Published<div align="justify"><a href="http://www.continuumbooks.com/images/BookImages/9780567033888_THUMB.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 101px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 177px" height="213" alt="" src="http://www.continuumbooks.com/images/BookImages/9780567033888_THUMB.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I just received word that </span><a href="http://www.continuumbooks.com/Books/detail.aspx?ReturnURL=/Search/default.aspx&CountryID=1&ImprintID=2&BookID=131774"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><em>A Cloud of Witnesses: The Theology of Hebrews in its Ancient Contexts</em></span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> has just rolled off the presses. This book, edited by Nathan McDonald, Trevor Hart, Richard Bauckham, and Daniel Driver (once all of the University of St. Andrews), derived from papers presented at the </span><a href="http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~www_sd/hebrews2006/home.htm"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">University of St. Andrews Conference on Hebrews and Theology</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> held in July 2006.</span></div><p align="justify"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I was invited to contribute my essay to the book, which I was pleased to do. My essay is "The Eschatological World Already Subjected to the Son: The Οἰκουμενῆ of Hebrews 1:6 and the Son’s Enthronement."</span></p>abcanedayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13671418539630398806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890349218543457513.post-74226910297417209052008-04-01T07:38:00.000-07:002008-04-03T08:07:06.805-07:00Global Implosion and the Korah Effect<span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLWcNgcxYHIDRzWU4oNXYHDOGZ27tHFEKql1dIZTDvcpVw40brYqUPSSwQpCLmC9QyXZmOKAQ-30YdlwnH-rUNELAFV-qIDCEu31awoc9F2C69Zd3VMTEt67KcNB27fh_z8-2XhQhriyI/s1600-h/sinkhole+2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184279475560073906" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" height="111" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLWcNgcxYHIDRzWU4oNXYHDOGZ27tHFEKql1dIZTDvcpVw40brYqUPSSwQpCLmC9QyXZmOKAQ-30YdlwnH-rUNELAFV-qIDCEu31awoc9F2C69Zd3VMTEt67KcNB27fh_z8-2XhQhriyI/s200/sinkhole+2.jpg" width="187" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Far more serious and far more terrifying than the "global freeze" scare of the late 1970s and early 1980s or the "global warming" fright that presently holds activists, politicians, scaremongers among the <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRDmNF-0dsEVAm6hGwJoJLuIUVA5QjGS7lVVsBxiOkmWnxUhRcnBr1E-zK3qALfBUzlbPcfz4bnD9-o0InN8lDHK94Fu8aH4RdeXKx8-rivPvT_l-0sLVhdG94tk09SRMfTHzsTbyid8I/s1600-h/sinkhole+7.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184279973776280322" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" height="121" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRDmNF-0dsEVAm6hGwJoJLuIUVA5QjGS7lVVsBxiOkmWnxUhRcnBr1E-zK3qALfBUzlbPcfz4bnD9-o0InN8lDHK94Fu8aH4RdeXKx8-rivPvT_l-0sLVhdG94tk09SRMfTHzsTbyid8I/s200/sinkhole+7.jpg" width="186" border="0" /></a>media, and moonbat educators in its grip is the issue no one, and I mean no one, is talking about or expressing any concern about it. The issue is "global implosion." Far more serious than any scare or fright attached to rumors that fossil fuels are quickly being depleted is the horror that looms beneath our feet. </span></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br />The earth is imploding. Sinkholes all around the world are harbingers of horrors to come. The "Korah Effect" threatens humanity. Because of humanity's greed, earth's fossil fuel resources are becoming depleted at alarming rates. Consequently, the earth is fighting back, swallowing up large portions of land, gulping down houses, devouring vehicles, all to warn humans that they will also be swallowed alive like Korah, Dathan, Abiram and their whole families. See <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Numbers%2016;&version=31;">Numbers 16</a>.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig4OcEpbKH_gceT0pPqFH91EZAZ4nJMJ64S29wkPGiuXVN0USxtgFHIsXOWwqkoPYNkONFt45oVbmGKfibah6dToMrg5oa5jWfNZwHhzBq11axV235JosuHkiCWKLn8UftNIg4P7mRYhQ/s1600-h/BoyleCo_Aug2001_1sinkhole+3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184279587229223618" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" height="118" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig4OcEpbKH_gceT0pPqFH91EZAZ4nJMJ64S29wkPGiuXVN0USxtgFHIsXOWwqkoPYNkONFt45oVbmGKfibah6dToMrg5oa5jWfNZwHhzBq11axV235JosuHkiCWKLn8UftNIg4P7mRYhQ/s200/BoyleCo_Aug2001_1sinkhole+3.jpg" width="179" border="0" /></a></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"><br />Scientists are sounding the alarm, but no one in the media is willing to carry the story. Earth scientists are making urgent appeals to world government leaders, but no<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeZbMs7cA5ZLQCPPX5Qua6PlRyVZdvIF-angpEcpqoDfThsnOynAeeSPL-S3s-I2hv4Uo-CEwv01W8i-YaB06gPZraPgB7f1JTfFfNsYH7DeGq1VrRF3Q2wPhHfH3Mt6-KCTuh-Drvwtc/s1600-h/sinkhole+5.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184279690308438738" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" height="159" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeZbMs7cA5ZLQCPPX5Qua6PlRyVZdvIF-angpEcpqoDfThsnOynAeeSPL-S3s-I2hv4Uo-CEwv01W8i-YaB06gPZraPgB7f1JTfFfNsYH7DeGq1VrRF3Q2wPhHfH3Mt6-KCTuh-Drvwtc/s200/sinkhole+5.jpg" width="183" border="0" /></a> one gives them an ear. President Bush callously turns a deaf ear to these scientists who warn that all mineral mining, all drilling for oil, all drilling for natural gas, and every other form of mining for earth's treasures must stop immediately. Otherwise, the earth will continue to implode at alarming rates. </span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"><br />Some scientists theorize that only those portions of earth's surface where no mining or drilling is or has taken place may not suffer implosion. However, scientists admit that they are merely speculating. Even those places untouched by mining and drilling may implode. They warn that if individuals seek safety by fleeing their at risk regions to areas of earth's surface that have experienced no history of mining and drilling, the added weight of refugees may put extra strain upon those regions as well, causing even those areas to implode.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuGxl1Wu2snYrkM2TvywonP1dNPkffHbM1Ycnu-nR7YZq0P9Xuy_qah0IzHX-tuFOt2wohFrdYlrB4Nd5ewlTQlVvDDXnq0x8RCW3XQYYJPJ7dOWkI1GtKi1nXnG2DNDxFiC2Viat9jgE/s1600-h/sinkhole+4.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184279771912817378" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" height="187" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuGxl1Wu2snYrkM2TvywonP1dNPkffHbM1Ycnu-nR7YZq0P9Xuy_qah0IzHX-tuFOt2wohFrdYlrB4Nd5ewlTQlVvDDXnq0x8RCW3XQYYJPJ7dOWkI1GtKi1nXnG2DNDxFiC2Viat9jgE/s200/sinkhole+4.jpg" width="113" border="0" /></a></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"><br />Sweden already has begun measures to move an entire town. <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSL12350858">Reuters reports</a>,</span></div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"><blockquote><p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">The Arctic town of Kiruna, Sweden's northernmost municipality, is under threat as cracks caused by decades of iron ore mining slowly erode its foundations.</span></span></p></blockquote><blockquote></blockquote><p align="justify"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Such is the fate of humans worldwide. The earth is collapsing because of hu<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMuO4ahRy-fuQnKu1nst6Mu8wC8r1OHdgr9q3XDDnBtJkwGxmkOK30hFkgKrA1EQy3nagtFnBAxF7e0n-Lr6t0b1pcOs8EhkhJ2IPchWvb-xUP0DREhqeD74_dUYw7RyGNWPbgWRY1Spw/s1600-h/sinkhole+8.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184279853517196018" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" height="173" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMuO4ahRy-fuQnKu1nst6Mu8wC8r1OHdgr9q3XDDnBtJkwGxmkOK30hFkgKrA1EQy3nagtFnBAxF7e0n-Lr6t0b1pcOs8EhkhJ2IPchWvb-xUP0DREhqeD74_dUYw7RyGNWPbgWRY1Spw/s200/sinkhole+8.jpg" width="125" border="0" /></a>man greed. Mining must cease immediately. Leave the diamonds in the earth. Stop looting the earth's coal resources. Iron ore should forevermore remain where it lies under the earth's surface. Oil must stay in the earth to support the earth's surface. Stop cutting, scraping, digging, drilling, and scarring the earth. If we do not stop, earth will swallow us all alive, just like with Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. We will all be doomed.</span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">Will we survive to see another <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Fool">April 1</a>?</span></p>abcanedayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13671418539630398806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890349218543457513.post-89796837377367428192008-03-24T13:36:00.000-07:002008-03-24T13:41:33.707-07:00Time Saving Tyndale House Toolbar<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Take a look at the latest addition to the </span><a style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" href="http://www.tabs-online.com/Tyndale/TTech/">Tyndale Tech blog</a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">. FInd posted information about the new Tyndale Toolbar . It is a wonderful tool for doing research, especially biblical research. Download the toolbar </span><a style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" href="http://www.tabs-online.com/Toolbar/Help/Intro.htm">here</a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">. The only toolbar that I have used, until now, is Google's. I have downloaded the Tyndale House toolbar and have been using it for a week or more. I recommend it. It is a great time saver.</span></div>abcanedayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13671418539630398806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890349218543457513.post-84647700552733045022007-12-24T09:28:00.001-08:002007-12-24T09:38:53.242-08:00Merry Christmas!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVpY4xlw6gxTj1up8GkI9c0H5ZeruQrIUYngptUFvqru-rjOplV0NwNxKFVszONmS9OtKhM2q3c-arb8HXigJqrziUd4fTWcRHN3l-5bkBAkqMuzryQ06x1Y-g6joOEZrxpAcv5MNhUhg/s1600-h/Merry+Christmas.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5147595228939448866" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVpY4xlw6gxTj1up8GkI9c0H5ZeruQrIUYngptUFvqru-rjOplV0NwNxKFVszONmS9OtKhM2q3c-arb8HXigJqrziUd4fTWcRHN3l-5bkBAkqMuzryQ06x1Y-g6joOEZrxpAcv5MNhUhg/s200/Merry+Christmas.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><p align="justify"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#006600;"><strong>καὶ ὁ λόγος σὰρξ ἐγένετο καὶ ἐσκήνωσεν ἐν ἡμῖν καὶ ἐθεασάμεθα τὴν δόξαν αὐτοῦ δόξαν ὡς μονογενοῦς παρὰ πατρός πλήρης χάριτος καὶ ἀληθείας. . . . ὅτι ἐκ τοῦ πληρώματος αὐτοῦ ἡμεῖς πάντες ἐλάβομεν καὶ χάριν ἀντὶ χάριτος. ὅτι ὁ νόμος διὰ Μωϋσέως ἐδόθη ἡ χάρις καὶ ἡ ἀλήθεια διὰ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ ἐγένετο.</strong></span> </p><br /><p align="justify"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff0000;"><strong>And the Word became flesh and tabernacled among us and we beheld his glory, glory as of the unique One from the Father, full of grace and truth. . . . For from his fullness we all received even grace in the place of grace. For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.</strong></span></p><br /><p align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:180%;color:#ff0000;"><strong>Merry Christmas!</strong></span></p>abcanedayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13671418539630398806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890349218543457513.post-89081966128509338022007-12-19T07:33:00.000-08:002007-12-19T07:34:04.673-08:00Tyndale Tech Moves to Blog Format Site<div align="justify"><a href="http://www.tabs-online.com/Tyndale/Staff/pics/TechOff.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 182px; CURSOR: hand" height="114" alt="" src="http://www.tabs-online.com/Tyndale/Staff/pics/TechOff.jpg" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Recent correspondence from David Instone-Brewer, Senior Research Fellow in Rabbinics and the New Testament, Tyndale House, indicates the following.</span><br /></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></div><div align="justify"><br /></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">"Tyndale Tech tries to keep you up to date with electronic resources for Biblical Studies.I've now moved it to a </span><a href="https://webmail.nwc.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.tyndalehouse.com/TTech.htm" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">blog-style site</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> where you can add your comments on the issues. All the old posts are there, and new ones will be posted there as well as appearing in email.This means you can add your wisdom on the various topics to share with other scholars.It also means you can hear about new posts using RSS as well as or instead of emails."</span></div><div align="justify"><br /></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I am delighted with the news. Access to these helpful electronic biblical resources is now much easier. Find the tech materials <a href="http://tyndaletech.blogspot.com/">here</a> or <a href="http://www.tyndalehouse.com/TTech/">here</a>, integrated into the Tyndale House web pages.</span></div>abcanedayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13671418539630398806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890349218543457513.post-68648233570537603762007-08-19T17:52:00.000-07:002007-08-19T17:55:59.501-07:00Interview with P. J. Williams<a href="http://www.abdn.ac.uk/divinity/images/peterjwilliams.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 166px; CURSOR: hand" height="201" alt="" src="http://www.abdn.ac.uk/divinity/images/peterjwilliams.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Click </span><a href="http://theologica.blogspot.com/2007/08/interview-with-peter-williams.html#links"><span style="font-family:verdana;">here</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> for an informative interview with P. J. Williams, Warden of Tyndale House.</span></div>abcanedayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13671418539630398806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890349218543457513.post-91088149178032367712007-06-14T20:33:00.001-07:002007-06-14T20:55:17.416-07:00Stay with Clive and Carmel<div align="justify"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Hey, readers! C<a href="http://www.cumberlandhs.com/images/cumberland/carnclis.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 218px; CURSOR: hand" height="152" alt="" src="http://www.cumberlandhs.com/images/cumberland/carnclis.jpg" border="0" /></a>heck this out. Clive and Carmel, owners and hosts of Cumberland House near Gatwick have launched their new web site and they have included comments by yours truly and have even linked to my Tyndale House Journal.</span> </div><br /><div align="justify"><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Next time you have a stopover at <a href="http://www.cumberlandhs.com/How_to_find_us.html">Gatwick</a>, please do call upon Clive and Carmel if you find yourself in need of a comfortable bed, friendly <a href="http://www.cumberlandhs.com/images/cumberland/bigmap.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://www.cumberlandhs.com/images/cumberland/bigmap.jpg" border="0" /></a>hosts, a good rest, and a hearty English breakfast all for a modest price. Mentioning my name probably won't get you any discount, but it may prompt a few memories.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"><br />Enjoy!<br /></span></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span></div><a href="http://www.cumberlandhs.com/images/cumberland/myrhosts.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://www.cumberlandhs.com/images/cumberland/myrhosts.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="justify"></div>abcanedayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13671418539630398806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890349218543457513.post-91772409388818076882007-05-07T09:34:00.000-07:002007-05-07T09:35:43.598-07:00ETS President, Francis Beckwith Resigns, Returns to Catholic Church<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">See the entry on my blog, </span><a href="http://bibliatheologica.blogspot.com/2007/05/ets-president-francis-beckwith-resigns.html"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Biblia Theologica</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">, for the story.</span>abcanedayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13671418539630398806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890349218543457513.post-77775112662535278722007-04-11T06:28:00.000-07:002007-04-11T06:31:02.731-07:00David Instone-Brewer in Wall Street Journal<div align="justify"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Dr. Instone-Brewer, senior research fellow in rabbinics and the New Testament at Tyndale House in Cambridge and the author of "Divorce and Remarriage in the Church" (InterVarsity Press), has published an essay in the Wall Street Journal Opinion Journal title, "<a href="http://www.opinionjournal.com/taste/?id=110009907">Evangelical Separation Anxiety--What the Bible says about divorce</a>."</span> </div>abcanedayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13671418539630398806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890349218543457513.post-91537424637097198342007-03-02T12:07:00.000-08:002007-06-11T10:01:19.704-07:00Last Day at Tyndale House: Sad Ending. Joyful Anticipation.<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" align="justify"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">After I arrive home and have an opportunity to settle back into the routines of our home life, then I will offer some reflections upon studying and research in Cambridge at Tyndale House. For today, I simply offer this simple observation. It is a day of sadness mingled with joyful anticipation, sadness that long days (8:00 AM to 10:00 PM) dedicated to research in a superb biblical studies library had to come to a close, but joyful anticipation of embracing my wife, Lois, at the airport in Minneapolis tomorrow afternoon and being reunited with our sons, their wives (John </span></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">& Naomi, expectant with our sec</span></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">ond grandchild, and David & Rena</span></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">e) and</span></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> our granddaughter, Anna.<br /><br />Toss</span></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> a measure of disappointment</span></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> into the mix of sadness and joyful anticipation, too. Today, as I was leaving Tyndale House,<a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Hengel"> Martin Hengel </a>was arriving. The good folks at Tyndale House hosted Martin Hengel who will be <a href="http://tyndalehousejournal.blogspot.com/2007/02/special-event-at-faculty-of-divinity.html">honored tomorrow now in his eightieth year</a></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.tyndale.cam.ac.uk/Tyndale/Tour/door.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; WIDTH: 134px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 202px" alt="" src="http://www.tyndale.cam.ac.uk/Tyndale/Tour/door.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">. Dr. <a href="http://www.tyndale.cam.ac.uk/Tyndale/staff/Head/Staff.htm">Peter Head</a>, New Testament Research Fellow at Tyndale House and Fellow at St. Edmund's College (Cambridge University), kindly arranged for Tyndale House to host Martin Hengel during morning tea time. Regrettably, when I made my travel arrangements I had no knowledge of the special event</span></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> tomorrow. Had I known, I almost surely would have extended my stay by at least one day. The bright side is </span></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">that I have </span></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">an even greater event awaiting me tomorrow, I </span></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">will see my wife again. Sorry Dr. Hengel.<br /><br />The Georgian pediment and familiar red door, the front door to my residence for the past several weeks, welcomed me when I arrived and bid me goodbye as I departed. Truly, it is a <a href="http://www.tyndale.cam.ac.uk/Tyndale/Doorway.htm">doorway to biblical studies</a>.<br /><br />As the bus rolled out of Cambridge I looked upon a number of scenes that had become quite familiar during my stay in the old city--bicyclists wending their way to lectures, children walking to school, athletes practicing with a ball on the green, scholars carrying their bags as they walk to their colleges, and a man with sunken eyes and no teeth scrounging for food in a refuse can on the green as people of all walks of life busily pass by taking no notice of him.<br /><br />After leaving Tyndale Hous</span></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">e by Panther Taxi to Dummer Street, I boarded a National Express bus bound for Gatwick airport by way of stops at Stansted and Heathrow air</span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://cumberlandhs.com/images/cumberlandhs%20006ws.jpg"></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">ports. About four and half hours l<a href="http://www.cumberlandhs.com/images/cumberland/cumbhs.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://www.cumberlandhs.com/images/cumberland/cumbhs.jpg" border="0" /></a>ater we arrived at the south terminal of Gatwick airport. I called Carmel at <a href="http://www.cumberlandhs.com/">Cumberland House</a>, and in just a short time she was there to pick me up. (If you need a room near</span></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> Gatwick, I commend <a href="http://www.cumberlandhs.com/">Cumberland House</a>. Carmel and Clive are wonderf</span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.reigate-banstead.gov.uk/Images/vtour_8_tcm5-1065.jpeg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; WIDTH: 137px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 185px" alt="" src="http://www.reigate-banstead.gov.uk/Images/vtour_8_tcm5-1065.jpeg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">ul hosts.)<br /><br />For dinner, I trudged through the rain under my umbrella down to Ye Olde Six Bells pub, where the aroma and warmth of flames in the fireplace welcomed guests. I'll have you know that I did not make the same mistake about ordering water as I did <a href="http://tyndalehousejournal.blogspot.com/2007/01/of-dollars-and-pounds-and-16-ounces-of.html">last time</a>. I decided this evening to celebrate the close of sev</span></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">eral weeks of intensive research and my anticipation of being home tomorrow. So it was neither bottled 'still water' nor tap water on ice for me.<br /><br />As I sat alone, enjoying my meal quietly celebrating an end and a beginning, I observed others in the pub. Two couples, in particular, were of interest, and both were Americans, as I surmised by overhearing their manner speech and content of conversation. One was a married pair of 'seasoned citizens.' The other was an obviously unmarried couple early in middle age. The married couple barely conversed. O</span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.gable-end.com/images/6bdining.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="http://www.gable-end.com/images/6bdining.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">h, I suppose that they care for one another, but no one would have made the mistake of thinking they did, given their demeanor. The other couple, quite obviously not married to one another but speaking of their spouses or former spouses and children, were also obviously enjoying one another. They talked continuously and with noticeable gestures of affection. "What a situation!" I thought. Two couples, one married but barely speaking to one another, another not married to one another but clearly romantically involved with one another, and there I sat, married but without my wife. We would have been <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic">speaking with one another</span>, <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic">romantically involved with one another</span>, and <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic">married to one another</span>. Tomorrow, I will hug her and kiss my wife. One more night, then I'm home. </span></span></div><br /><p align="justify"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><strong>Update:</strong> While at Gatwick Airport, I happened to see both couples that I had seen the night before at the pub. The younger couple were airline flight attendants walking together toward the gate for their flight. The older couple were as detached from one another as the night before. </p></span></span>abcanedayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13671418539630398806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890349218543457513.post-58546542955540063432007-03-01T10:36:00.000-08:002020-07-18T13:38:09.469-07:00A Pleasant Discovery at Tyndale House Library<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">Today has been preparation day for my departure from Tyndale House tomorrow. One of my tasks has been to replace the stacks of books that I have been using for research. (The library is a self-serve resource center. Use a book and replace it when finished with it. The design is efficient and saves on paying someone to do what we researchers can do ourselves.) Well, as I was replacing a Ph.D. dissertation, I spied another dissertation that I could not resist taking back to my study carrel.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">and preliminary pages, one chapter in particular, Chapter X, caught my attention. So I devoted a fair amount of time to give it a careful reading. The chapter is titled "Justification by Faith." </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">Oh, I didn't tell you whose dissertation it is. It is J<a href="http://www.regent-college.edu/about_regent/faculty/focus3.html">. I. Packer</a>'s Ph.D. dissertation. Packer gave the copy as a gift to Tyndale House in May 1957. It is titled, "The Redemption and Restoration of Man in the Thought of Richard Baxter: A Study in Puritan Theology," presented for the degree of D.Phil. in th</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">e University of Oxford, Trinity term, 1954. Packer's dissertation is extremely long; it is 499 pages. Yet, to look at it on the shelf, one would think that it was only 150 to 175 pages. How does it look so thin? It is typed on onion skin paper. Imagine a dissertation that is 499 pages. No supervisor today would allow such length.<br /><br />My friend and fellow Ph.D. student and candidate at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, <a href="http://www.sbts.edu/Academics/Faculty/Missions_Evangelism_and_Church_Growth/Timothy_Beougher.aspx">Tim Beougher</a>, now Billy Graham Professor of Evangelism and Church Growth at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky, wrote his dissertation on Richard Baxter. I know that he accessed J. I. Packer's dissertation, and Dr. Packer was his External Reader for his dissertation. As I recall from several conversation with him, Tim Beougher focused his dissertation on Baxter's beliefs concerning justification. Hence, I was eager to read Packer's treatment of Baxter's view.<br /><br />Richard Baxter forges his beliefs concerning justification on the anvil of controversy with men called "Antinomians," particularly men such as <a href="http://www.ageslibrary.com/authordb/C/crisp.html">Tobias Crisp</a> (<a href="http://www.gospeldefense.com/christ_alone_exalted.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">Christ Alone Exalted</span></a>) and James Saltmarsh. Whether they were justly called "Antinomians" is disputable. Nevertheless, Baxter took a view of justification by faith that he distinguished from the view articulated by Crisp and others. Baxter saw his own view as in agreement with that of the Puritan Divines, such as<a href="http://www.apuritansmind.com/WilliamPerkins/WilliamPerkins.htm"> William Perkins</a>, <a href="http://www.apuritansmind.com/SuggestedReading.htm">Samuel Bolton</a> (<span style="font-style: italic;">True Bounds of Christian Freedom</span>), <a href="http://www.britannia.com/bios/hooker.html">Thomas Hooker</a>, and others. Baxter's views roused several critics and </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">caught the sharp point of </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><a href="http://www.apuritansmind.com/JohnOwen/JohnOwenMainPage.htm">John Owen</a>'s pen as they engaged one another. This, then, is the focus of Chapter X of Packer's dissertation.<br /><br />It seems suitable to quote a portion of J. I. Packer's commentary on the controversy stirred by Richard Baxter's beliefs.</span><br />
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I quote these words at length because they seem quite relevant to the controversy that swirls in the church today. Another Englishman is at the center of the current vortex, N. T. Wright. One may disagree with N. T. Wright, but wouldn't it be wonderful if disagreement would bring about more than the controversy of the seventeenth century yielded in Puritan times?<br />
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abcanedayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13671418539630398806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890349218543457513.post-61040638512801405592007-02-28T08:57:00.000-08:002007-03-01T10:34:46.071-08:00Crocuses and Daffodils<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Spring has sprung in green England. Since I had to take my laptop computer to th</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHT_r7ZdHun2zarpNO8kR9cwMNKlxDtOsNsu3pS7Dy8R0-ijakEYoQowvFkL4c2dCe_m4Aec39bJbKQxDcFU-gb7iD0ABmYd9cyY-Iu-FBMMCMsW79BzFXzd4vpp_5MvoBpytaKAb0uuU/s1600-h/Crocus+Bloom.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 145px; height: 108px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHT_r7ZdHun2zarpNO8kR9cwMNKlxDtOsNsu3pS7Dy8R0-ijakEYoQowvFkL4c2dCe_m4Aec39bJbKQxDcFU-gb7iD0ABmYd9cyY-Iu-FBMMCMsW79BzFXzd4vpp_5MvoBpytaKAb0uuU/s200/Crocus+Bloom.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5036632040446628258" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">e University Computing Center this morning, I took the oppo</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">rtuni</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">ty to enjoy the colors bursting forth. Crocuses, w</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRykflFqGrukk_teSzNAv_07VHIpIFV2LjT7m-I4mCYLzytM9W2fskqeHHPwOFNDvxXnemeniFpA0NWks9fiKUpuogCHNudoGH7IsXC1XzPSS3lgyNGSIxqxuuKZGRpj5ypKIf22_lxWY/s1600-h/IMG_0077.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRykflFqGrukk_teSzNAv_07VHIpIFV2LjT7m-I4mCYLzytM9W2fskqeHHPwOFNDvxXnemeniFpA0NWks9fiKUpuogCHNudoGH7IsXC1XzPSS3lgyNGSIxqxuuKZGRpj5ypKIf22_lxWY/s200/IMG_0077.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5036631903007674770" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">hich have been pushing up for some time, are now in full</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> and variegated bloom. Daffodil</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">s</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">, too, have</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> broken out in the</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">ir yell</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">ow dress. Shrubs and trees are blossoming. It seems that the blossoms </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">precede the lea</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">ves on many of the shrubs and trees.</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSaCPkRkoyrB8bgz6az4hvqTJy2a9Af4Fea2Bg4OQPewmKnayBCsPm3R8gZr6UXQj2Vikcd4gaFIag_MHL6n_xi-ZbMNFi1ySRYiCRK7T1vPlgmVgaeik-eNs5nSsS3xb-9hyL6x62ZNk/s1600-h/Daffodils.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 118px; height: 157px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSaCPkRkoyrB8bgz6az4hvqTJy2a9Af4Fea2Bg4OQPewmKnayBCsPm3R8gZr6UXQj2Vikcd4gaFIag_MHL6n_xi-ZbMNFi1ySRYiCRK7T1vPlgmVgaeik-eNs5nSsS3xb-9hyL6x62ZNk/s200/Daffodils.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5036632113461072306" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I leave England's spr</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">ing on Saturday to enter sno</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">wbound Minnesota. According to my </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">wife, Lois, they received about 15-18 inches of snow in the past few days and expect 11-13 more inches by Saturday morning. Well, I am enjoying spring while here in Cambridge. And, when I return home, I will enjoy the final gasps of winter and enjoy the return o</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">f</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgadl7VCaSgvi884UdqOoUtih9kbJTQCl5qZB7AdsXaORGHqsYOihFUwBs8frWGvSx8OEloYBcwlpYMGGy8Z4daop9q3r4ervGzNMS8bRxr1DDdin6FdgEVq-fbvNiEOU3gm0eHN0VpG78/s1600-h/Daffodils+at+Queen%27s+College+1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 148px; height: 111px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgadl7VCaSgvi884UdqOoUtih9kbJTQCl5qZB7AdsXaORGHqsYOihFUwBs8frWGvSx8OEloYBcwlpYMGGy8Z4daop9q3r4ervGzNMS8bRxr1DDdin6FdgEVq-fbvNiEOU3gm0eHN0VpG78/s200/Daffodils+at+Queen%27s+College+1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5037024566097744322" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> spring all over again.<br /><br />Here are some flowers at Qu</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">een's College, daffodils and crocuses. Tulips are also blooming.</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio4lgJ0vgM16MnZYquA-ZBWVOHH32bp83EFjErB7PJqUFT2LOjKHNvIfmZ5FjivZmaKdqLySlYhZYGAStUam0H1Yx9VtR8tNj0Gt30Am0SYJ245EsDiyTqbhoeJqknb8XQP7t0BBiYvw4/s1600-h/Crocuses+4.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 152px; height: 114px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio4lgJ0vgM16MnZYquA-ZBWVOHH32bp83EFjErB7PJqUFT2LOjKHNvIfmZ5FjivZmaKdqLySlYhZYGAStUam0H1Yx9VtR8tNj0Gt30Am0SYJ245EsDiyTqbhoeJqknb8XQP7t0BBiYvw4/s200/Crocuses+4.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5037025983436952050" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></div>abcanedayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13671418539630398806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890349218543457513.post-44680271056643147512007-02-27T07:03:00.000-08:002007-09-24T14:08:39.711-07:00Villainous Computer<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Unfortunately Tuesday was not very productive. I learned that the technicians at the University of Cambridge Computing Center identified my computer as a villain to the network and particularly invasive to their data bases. (Isn't it a bit frightening that the technicians can isolate which computer is posing undesired issues?) It's not a happy thought that I am operating a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">villainou</span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.gateway.com/programs/nx570/img/billboard.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="http://www.gateway.com/programs/nx570/img/billboard.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">s computer, my Traveling Companion. I was requested to disconnect my Traveling Companion from the network and briefly connect once or twice a day just long enough to read e-mail. Well, now, that was a bit more final than I was prepared to hear. I inquired if there was not another option, particularly having my computer checked by one of the Cambridge University computer technicians. Well, inquiry paid off. Off to the Computing Center I marched. Much to my amazement, a technician spent at least two hours on the computer, cleaning up a number of problems that have evidently been operating for a long time. Four o'clock struck and she was gone. She wants me back at 10:00 AM on Wednesday.<br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Update:</span> Wednesday morning I was waiting for the technician at 10:00 AM. When she came to look at the computer and to work her technical magic, she placed the computer before her and suddenly the screen became <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">pixelated</span>, discolored, and it turned black. Of course, all operations seized and functionality ceased. I tried to resurrect the computer, but nothing worked. I gave it all I could to resuscitate the poor thing, but my powers were gone. Of course, the technician muttered numerous words and expressions of deepest foreboding, of darkest calamity, and of impending death. At any moment, it seemed, a eulogy should be uttered. Her words were not eulogy-worthy, however. My heart sank. I felt lost. I carefully packed the expiring computer into its padded sleeve and placed the sleeve into its pouch in my bag. As I thanked the technician and walked out the institutional waiting room, I felt as though I were departing a hospital after having resigned myself to the death of a close friend. (Oh, I may be exaggerating just a bit.)<br /><br />I trudged back to Tyndale House pondering my options. It would seem that the computer is verging on its final days, if not hours. Is there any life left in it? If not, what are my options? A computer is quite essential to most of the research work I have been doing in the library. Well, I suppose that I could put the computer away and either work without its assistance in some limited way, or I could put it away and explore a few parts of Cambridge that I have not yet seen. I decided to give my Traveling Companion one more opportunity to prove itself. It booted up without any screen issues. Now it is functioning, but I do not know for how long. So, I will continue to work in the library as long as possible. And, I will try to fill out my journal as well as I can, given my Traveling Companion's capacity to hold on for my sake.</span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><strong><p align="justify"><br />Update (3/07/07):</strong> When I arrived home, my laptop computer died completely. It is now at the coroner's office awaiting an autopsy.</span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Update (4/26/07): The computer went to Silicon Cemetary. Fortunately, it was still under warranty, so I received a new Gateway computer to replace the dead one. The new one works wonderfully.</p></span>abcanedayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13671418539630398806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890349218543457513.post-33510372574417478852007-02-26T09:30:00.000-08:002007-02-27T01:27:26.685-08:00Today's Research, N. T. Wright<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.durham.anglican.org/diocese/images/bishop_tom.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 172px; height: 205px;" src="http://www.durham.anglican.org/diocese/images/bishop_tom.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">As I enter my final week of research and reading at Tyndale House I decided to give N. T. Wright's doctoral dissertation a closer read than <a href="http://tyndalehousejournal.blogspot.com/2007/02/reading-day.html">my earlier rather cursory reading</a> of it.<br /><br />First here are the bibliographical data concerning the dissertation:<br /></span><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" ><blockquote>Wright, N. T. (1980). "The Messiah and the People of God: A Study in Pauline Theology with Particular Reference to the Argument of the Epistle to the Romans." Oxford University. Doctor of Philosophy Dissertation.</blockquote></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Many if not most of the views that Wright has expressed in his numerous publications are present within his dissertation in seed form at least. Some of his later published views are fairly developed in the dissertation, especially his view of the relationship between Israel and Christ, which is at the core of his thesis.<br /><br />It seems evident to me that N. T. Wright has become a noticeably improved writer since his doctoral research days. The argument in his dissertation is cumbersome to track. It is quite scattered in its presentation. It is not well focused. Though his thesis is about Paul's letter to the Romans, Wright regularly follows trails that lead away from that letter into Paul's other letters, such as, Galatians, Philippians, the Corinthian letters, etc. One gets the distinct sense that Wright attempted to do too much. One also receives the sense that he could have used closer guidance to tighten his argument and to tie each portion into the core of his thesis much more closely than he did. Often his exegesis leaves one puzzled. Either his argument was too thinly demonstrated, too densely expressed or else my reading capacity is too dense to follow with approval.<br /><br />The formatting of the dissertation leaves much to be desired. Given that it was typed on a typewriter and not compiled with a word processor, it is understandable why footnotes were eschewed in favor of endnotes. Flipping to the back of the copy to locate footnotes is annoying, but even more annoying is the compressed and packed format of the notes. Margins spill over any formatting regulations, such as found in Turabian, running almost to the paper's edge.<br /><br />The dissertation copy that Wright gave to Tyndale House puzzles me. Elements of this copy prompt me to wonder if it is unique or if the wording and format is actually the same as the presentation copy Wright submitted to Merton College, Oxford University. I have never seen this phenomenon in any thesis or dissertation before. It contains several pages that have whole sections covered over with paper upon which different text has been typed. On one page, page 159, the lower half of the page is covered over with paper upon which different text is typed. One can read at least ten lines under the paper that have not been replaced with different text. This unusual feature gives Wright's dissertation the feel that portions of it are a palimpsest. If I ever get back to the Bodlein Library at Oxford University I will try to remember to access Wright's dissertation to compare it with the copy Tyndale House holds.<br /></span></div>abcanedayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13671418539630398806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890349218543457513.post-19055568948204141472007-02-25T22:00:00.000-08:002007-02-26T04:05:33.810-08:00Ely Cathedral<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAgqDYtwN0UwFy9WbxtS7gTAHEkPTEGHE0Wk0DUZvp98mAV6YLdJDCGvTsau0LvAE2zT67F_ZvOaUUaiJCySUJCaMkmTzT6xvRTaIhAaH3etGYLWWZLnO_Y5FlPx0PYce95_4m0Ji97iU/s1600-h/Bunyan's+Pilgrim%27s+Progress+St.+Andrews+St+Baptist+Church+1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAgqDYtwN0UwFy9WbxtS7gTAHEkPTEGHE0Wk0DUZvp98mAV6YLdJDCGvTsau0LvAE2zT67F_ZvOaUUaiJCySUJCaMkmTzT6xvRTaIhAaH3etGYLWWZLnO_Y5FlPx0PYce95_4m0Ji97iU/s200/Bunyan's+Pilgrim%27s+Progress+St.+Andrews+St+Baptist+Church+1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5035777079961719106" border="0" /></a> <div style="text-align: justify;"><a style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.standrewsstreetbaptist.org/uploads/Labda2437b2ef6c6e2ce74a82005f7937.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 127px; height: 153px;" src="http://www.standrewsstreetbaptist.org/uploads/Labda2437b2ef6c6e2ce74a82005f7937.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">On this, my final Sunday in Cambridge, I visited <a href="http://www.standrewsstreetbaptist.org/">St. Andrews Street Baptist Church</a> with my friend Barry, who attends the church. There are two matters of interest in the church. One is a cane-bottom chair</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> used by William Carey in Serampore, India. </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The other is the </span><a style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" href="http://www.standrewsstreetbaptist.org/historyofthebuilding.htm">stained glass window</a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> in the front of the sanctuary. I</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">t features three characters from John Bunyan's </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >Pilgrim's Progress</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">: Valiant-for-Truth, Christian, and Faithful.<br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Following the worship service, Barry and I drove to Ely to tour Ely Cathedral and grounds. What a massive and majestic cathedral it it! We took the Octagon </span><a style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHVx4DD2uo5TznAX_4RxMK0n73ghPCRSnLXYphNUnXhQvriGtGc1U3eXTA66oFoTYK2ILaWjrmxPenD6IdVp9fN3j1Fc9q8_AjUhA-4Qs1Lpfua-JDNCTtk5KsGnBSeWNAxGsA1VfWYhQ/s1600-h/Octagon+Lantern+3.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHVx4DD2uo5TznAX_4RxMK0n73ghPCRSnLXYphNUnXhQvriGtGc1U3eXTA66oFoTYK2ILaWjrmxPenD6IdVp9fN3j1Fc9q8_AjUhA-4Qs1Lpfua-JDNCTtk5KsGnBSeWNAxGsA1VfWYhQ/s200/Octagon+Lantern+3.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5035778785063735634" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Lantern tour. We climbed narrow, I mean extremely narrow, spiral staircases up two different towers. The first tower is situated on the northwest corner of the main transept. It brought us </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">up to a catwalk overlooking the main transept where we saw the huge base organ pipes</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5PGqsVE_wxvdP9Ei-L7nhhSRrWVm_k5bartv8UdUMPA8Uwq-j2V-phxFgrqumctdA75V4UyKO8TT_jkngSfFXfjgrHkuDNN0ByYe5ze5NTsbiJ6-zjPdlTzTaJpypqnYPL0ABXQs0ye8/s1600-h/English+Oak+Beams+forming+Octagon+Lantern+Base.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 156px; height: 117px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5PGqsVE_wxvdP9Ei-L7nhhSRrWVm_k5bartv8UdUMPA8Uwq-j2V-phxFgrqumctdA75V4UyKO8TT_jkngSfFXfjgrHkuDNN0ByYe5ze5NTsbiJ6-zjPdlTzTaJpypqnYPL0ABXQs0ye8/s200/English+Oak+Beams+forming+Octagon+Lantern+Base.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5035782556045021538" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">. Above us, in the center of the transept, was the octagon lantern de</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">signed by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_of_Walsingham">Alan of Walsingham</a> following the collapse of the original square tower in <a href="http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/CAM/Ely/Cathedral/index.html">1322</a> that had stood for two centuries. That same tower brought us up to the interior where we could observe the massive oak beams that support the octagon lantern to</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikUcZfEWU5FszxzX_UPtTHLoE38FUuzehHsnL7CNmzMKOWVqPAig6bt4dmZU2ViT2j9WR-a9LOuXP1h7BLetfyPEZvLqR6TqqtZ9N3uVG_HQ4pK3SsGVRsui78JmduHtmeGpgK4FKvSvk/s1600-h/Lantern+Panel.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 133px; height: 177px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikUcZfEWU5FszxzX_UPtTHLoE38FUuzehHsnL7CNmzMKOWVqPAig6bt4dmZU2ViT2j9WR-a9LOuXP1h7BLetfyPEZvLqR6TqqtZ9N3uVG_HQ4pK3SsGVRsui78JmduHtmeGpgK4FKvSvk/s200/Lantern+Panel.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5035784226787299698" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">wer structure and open the panels to view the up close. The beam structure shown was put in place in 1322-1328 when the lantern tower was rebuilt as an octagon to replace the former square structure that had collapsed.<br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Ely Cathedral is immense and impressive. Its length </span></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">is </span></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">537 feet. For other dimensions, click </span><a style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" href="http://www.cathedral.ely.anglican.org/history/facts_figures.html">here</a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">. The present cathedral dates from the 11th century.<br /><br />After touring the cathedral we took a tour of Oliver Cromwell's house which is just west of the cathedral.<br /><br />Below is a floor plan of the cathedral and a view from the west. Observe that there is no north (on the left) transept and tower off the west tower. It separated from the main structure, due to shifting soil, and had to be dismantled during <a href="http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/CAM/Ely/Cathedral/index.html#ChurchHistory">medieval times</a>.<br /></span> </div></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgShPCWGzZ_E4xvETIuO3_Y6Bo05eXCYAADnFBNLjpVmS38EhaX_43c8TX3PqTJbZCJV1J0YSBU-fwI_g3UGMWsW0pcqv2bfALfZ5CfApf2gayRUKfteaBkNWMZ2OXhz6SP9tqtzGPbXew/s1600-h/Cathedral+from+West+4.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 186px; height: 248px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgShPCWGzZ_E4xvETIuO3_Y6Bo05eXCYAADnFBNLjpVmS38EhaX_43c8TX3PqTJbZCJV1J0YSBU-fwI_g3UGMWsW0pcqv2bfALfZ5CfApf2gayRUKfteaBkNWMZ2OXhz6SP9tqtzGPbXew/s200/Cathedral+from+West+4.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5035786150932648322" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.ely.org.uk/pics/cathplan.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 174px; height: 285px;" src="http://www.ely.org.uk/pics/cathplan.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>abcanedayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13671418539630398806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890349218543457513.post-50599112032754692232007-02-24T10:15:00.000-08:002007-02-24T11:54:08.576-08:00Panoramic View from Tower of Great St. Mary's Church<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I'm not sure which was more difficult, climbing up the spiral staircase or negotiate the narrow wedge steps on the way down the tower of <a href="http://www.gsm.cam.ac.uk/">Great Saint Mary's Church</a>. At any rate, it was worth the climb to see a panoramic view of Cambridge. Here is the westerly view with majestic <a href="http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/chapel/">King's College Chapel</a> on the left, <a href="http://www.trinhall.cam.ac.uk/">Trinity Hall</a> in the center, <a href="http://www.clare.cam.ac.uk/">Clare College</a> midway back, the <a href="http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/">University Library</a> in the far background, and <a href="http://www.cai.cam.ac.uk/">Gonville and Caius</a> (pronounced Keys) College court to the right of the <a href="http://www.cambridge2000.com/cambridge2000/html/0003/P3110257.html">Senate House</a>.</span><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfhcv724QuttJyntpce-iz8p4AOiP36Z52gpjJjp_3hqK180i6PB36LASvLexU75UP9KpG_mJOTn0wmzxjZOSc5BpaylnWLWivzllcI_mQl630Qn4S6EOsuUmsFzqRZUXx0uyxWjnM7PU/s1600-h/Cambridge+Panorama.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 495px; height: 157px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfhcv724QuttJyntpce-iz8p4AOiP36Z52gpjJjp_3hqK180i6PB36LASvLexU75UP9KpG_mJOTn0wmzxjZOSc5BpaylnWLWivzllcI_mQl630Qn4S6EOsuUmsFzqRZUXx0uyxWjnM7PU/s320/Cambridge+Panorama.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5035166462404618546" border="0" /></a>abcanedayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13671418539630398806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890349218543457513.post-79359355069401155682007-02-23T09:59:00.000-08:002007-02-23T10:30:01.306-08:00Young Scholars at Tyndale House<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">One of the delights of being a reader at Tyndale House is the opportunity it offers to meet young scholars who are working on the theses or dissertations. If the patterns of Tyndale House history persists, some of these dissertations will likely be published as monographs by one of the British or European publishers that specialize in scholarly monographs.<br /><br />Two of the young men whose acquaintance I have had the pleasure to make are Ryan Jackson and Jonathan Griffiths. I found camaraderie with both upon our first conversations. Tea time provides lots of opportunities for such conversations. I deeply resonate with both Ryan and Jonathan concerning the direction that their research is taking them on their respective topics.<br /><br />Ryan is working on Paul's use of the expression "new creation." Contrary to the direction that present scholarship is going, Ryan is convinced that Paul's use, such as in <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20cor%205:17&version=31">2 Corinthians 5:17</a>, derives from Isaiah <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=isa%2065:17;&version=31;">65:17</a> and context as well as from <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=isa%2066:22;&version=31;">Isaiah 66:22</a> and context. Watch for a monograph with his name on it in a few years.<br /><br />Jonathan, who is leaving for a time today, is working on the concept of eschatology in Hebrews 12. Jonathan requested a copy of the paper I presented at the <a href="http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/%7Ewww_sd/hebrews2006/papers.htm">Saint Andrews Conference on Hebrews and Christian Theology</a> in July 2006. As it turns out, it seems that my paper will provide him some substantial research assistance and support, for he and I share the same basic understanding of eschatology in Hebrews, that there are two notable axis evident in Hebrews, both temporal and spatial. If you wonder what I am talking about, you may check out my paper <a href="http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/%7Ewww_sd/hebrews2006/papers/caneday.pdf">here</a>. It is on </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=heb%201:6;&version=31;">Hebrews 1:6</a>--"And again, when God brings his firstborn into the world, he says, </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">'Let all God's angels worship him.'"<br /><br />These young men expressed such gratitude for the opportunity to converse with me about their research topics. What I regarded as a friendly conversation, they viewed as tutorial moments. How humbling! Whatever little contribution I may have offered for these young men, it is heartwarming and delightful, for it was my pleasure to meet them. Tyndale House is a research conduit for many up and coming young scholars.<br /></span></div>abcanedayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13671418539630398806noreply@blogger.com