Hebrew Language #1: Teaching “Sticky” Hebrew

by Dr. Paul Overland | Ashland Theological Seminary There is a huge problem in the way that biblical Hebrew is currently taught: it doesn’t stick. Polytetrafluoroethylene, or PTFE, is better known by its household name “Teflon.” It’s the coating on cookware that prevents food from sticking to the pan, and it’s the perfect term to […]

Creator and Blogger God 8 A Blog of a Book 2 Holy One making Scriptures Holy

The Holy One making Scriptures Holy “for I [am] Jehovah your god, and you shall sanctify yourselves, and you shall be holy, for I [am] holy. neither shall you defile yourselves with any kind of swarming thing that swarms on the earth.” (Leviticus 11:44 MKJV) We do have to make ourselves holy for the Creator […]

Missional hermeneutics 1/5

“The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe.” Gustave Flaubert Researching encouraged by Faith On my page My exegesis and hermeneutics I confess that in a way by years of bible-study I got transformed and got to see certain truths where I do not want to deviate from any more: like that […]

When reading your Bible be aware of changing language

As Bijbelvorser or researcher of the Bible we always want to explore the Bible and therefore we do not stick to one version or translation. We dare to go through a different Bible-version every time we have read one translation. doing so we also want to take an open mind and try to see clearly […]