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The newest issue of the BJU Seminary journal has been released.

I wrote a review critiquing Simon Kennedy’s book ...

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These verses form the first section of Proverbs after the Prologue. It begins with the words “Hear, my son,” and the phrase “my son” is repeated three times in this section: vv. 8, 10, 15. Thus Proverbs opens with instruction from a father and mother to a son. More particularly, it opens with instruction from the Davidic king to the Davidic son.

Steinmann argues tha...

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I owe the following insights to a conversation with Bryan Smith:

יִרְאַ֣ת יְ֭הוָה רֵאשִׁ֣ית דָּ֑עַת חָכְמָ֥ה וּ֝מוּסָ֗ר אֱוִילִ֥ים בָּֽזוּ׃

Note that the first and last words of the verse relate to dispositions: fear and despise.

Note that there is no waw after the athnach. It is possible, this being poetry, that “knowl...

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Amazon has the second edition of Three Views on the Rapture on sale today. Criag Blaising defends the pretribulational position, Alan Hultberg the prewrath position, and Doug Moo the postribulational position.

In the first edition, I thought that Doug Moo had the strongest ar...

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  • The first purpose is general: to know wisdom and instruction. Note the three words knowledge, wisdom, and instruction all appear in verse 7, creating an inclusio.
  • The second purpose is “to understand words of understanding.” This parallels verse 6, “to understand a proverb and a saying, the words of the wise and their riddles,” which i...
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