February 11, 2010
In a post today Ben Witherington repeats a long-standing Protestant argument about priesthood and the New Testament. For him the teaching of the Bible is obvious. The unbiblical nature of the larger part of Christianity in its hankering after priests is equally obvious. In this post I don’t want to engage with the larger theological [...]
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October 17, 2009
Mike Whitenton revisits the old chestnut of bias in biblical studies.
Why is it that some scholars act as if the only bias that one can bring to the table is theological? I believe we come to the text not as disembodied minds, but as whole beings. The entirety of our experience shapes the way we [...]
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