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This past February, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary host a debate with Bart Ehrman on if the resurrection is historical. White in the following audio and two videos interracts with the debate and gives his input on it. His main point is that one’s theology determines that person’s apologetic method. The videos are very interesting, especially if you have never been inside a radio studio while the show is on the air. Do enjoy the vids and also James’ comments on the debate.

Theology Determines Apologetic Method Part I (audio mp3)

Theology Determines Apologetic Method Part II

Theology Determines Apologetic Method Part III

Mid September Debate of James White

James White on Steve Gregg

The Second Coming Debate

I have been reading a blog that has been summarizing some articles on dating the OT using Biblical Hebrew (BH). I have already linked to one summary on the use of Aramaisms to date BH and the OT books. The main thrust of that aritcle is that usually, Aramaisms indicated a late date but that is not necessarily true. Exodus has Aramaisms that actually seem to show that the book is older. In this article, Eskhult demonstrates that from loanwords, one can get an idea of the date of the book. Bibical Hebrew will use Egyptian terms, or Akkadian terms, or Perisan terms (as examples). These terms seem to fit the political age that the text indicates. Persian terms occur heavily in books like Daniel, Esther, Ezra-Nehemiah, and 1 and 2 Chronicles. But there are no Persian words in the Pentateuch (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy). I find this facinating and wish I had the $$$ to get these journals to read these articles. I find them facinating. I hope you enjoy reading this summary. Eskhult, Mats, “The Importance of Loanwords for Dating Biblical Hebrew Texts.” Pages 8-23 in Biblical Hebrew: Studies in Chronology and Typology Edited by Ian Young. London: T&T Clark, 2003.

(It is very important that one reads the following post to get an understanding of BH–Typology and Chronology)

If I dated a superhero/comic book character…

More on North/South Hebrew Dialects

A Good Mix