Archive for the ‘Prophets’ Category

 
 

A Treasure on 1 Peter

· February 24th, 2010 · No Responses

Leonard Goppelt wrote a gem of a commentary on 1 Peter.  I’ve been studying it as I prepare to exhort on the amazingly redemptively-historical 1 Pet 1:10-12.  Here is a … Read more→

Prophets Criticism

· December 17th, 2009 · No Responses

The history of biblical studies has seen a number of different approaches to the prophetical books.  In this post, I provide a brief survey of various critical approaches along with … Read more→

Historical Contingencies and Prophecy

· December 15th, 2009 · 1 Response

Richard Pratt introduces an interesting topic in prophetical studies.  The idea may actually be unsettling to some. Pratt examines historical contingencies and their relationship to biblical prophecy.  In his study, … Read more→

Kline on Daniel’s 70th Week

· December 14th, 2009 · 4 Responses

Daniel 9:20-27 is one of those passages that gets the covenantal/dispensational fires going. It seemed discussions would constantly find their way to this passage back when I was having … Read more→

An Ordered Approach to Scripture

· December 12th, 2009 · 6 Responses

Recently, Christopher Fantuzzo, lecturer in Old Testament at Westminster Theological Seminary delivered a candidating lecture on Isaiah 59:21 and its position in the book.  The passage is as follows.
21″And as … Read more→

Expanding Biblical and Theological Understanding of Mal 3:1-4

· December 7th, 2009 · No Responses

Malachi 3:1-4 draws on several prominent prophetic themes. Many intertextual and motific connections can be identified within the prophets and the broader Old Testament canonical context, and these connections lay … Read more→

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Thoughts on Redaction in Malachi

· November 26th, 2009 · 1 Response

In issue 103 (1984) of the Journal of Biblical Literature, Bruce Malchow shared a few interesting thoughts on the identity of “the messenger of the covenant” in Malachi 3:1. I … Read more→

Spotting a False Prophet

· September 17th, 2009 · No Responses

O. Palmer Robertson (affectionately called OPR by our good friend, Bishop NT Batzig) provides a helpful set of criteria for distinguishing between true and false prophets in his book The … Read more→

The Focus of the Prophetic Word

· September 16th, 2009 · 1 Response

Scholars often divide the words of the prophet into two categories.  First, the prophet forth-tells.  By forthtelling, the prophet applies the divine Word to the hearers’ current situation.  The prophet … Read more→