Category Archives: Bible

OK, How Do You Do Exegesis?

Posted on 03/05/2012 by AKMA

After having written about what makes exegesis difficult (and subsequent posts), and after having written about criticism and evidence, I’ll get to the point and suggest how you actually set about doing exegesis.   First and most important: do what … Continue reading →

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Understanding Aberrant Interpretation

Posted on 06/03/2012 by AKMA

My work in hermeneutics has always sought out explanations for interpretive divergence — in the first instance, for proximate disagreements among well-qualified readers who generally share their premises and conclusions, and in the second instance, between ‘mainstream’ and ‘off-beat’ interpretations. … Continue reading →

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That Exhilarating Feeling

Posted on 02/02/2012 by AKMA

I’ve said a number of times that intellectual life affords very few thrills that equal the feeling that a claim you’re inclined to doubt, one that contradicts what you’re pretty sure to be right — when such a claim’s arguments … Continue reading →

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Too Much Life

Posted on 13/01/2012 by AKMA

Daniel honoured my ponderings about the prominence of ‘the cross’ in his fourth chapter by blogging further about the problem of cruciformity in Pauline ethics and ours. I have a few brief comments about our discussion, but I will keep … Continue reading →

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Daniel Kirk, Jesus, and Paul

Posted on 12/01/2012 by AKMA

… the Christian life is the kind of thing that makes the kings of the earth nervous — not because it encounters them with the force of arms, but because it testifies to a power that not even death can … Continue reading →

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