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exegesis

Witherington’s NT ministry: is tradition trumping exegesis?

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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Theological bias in exegesis – a special case?

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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Dilettantism, Jim? I blame the Reformers and revivalists

July 15, 2009

Matthew Burgess and Jim West have continued the argument I noted yesterday about amateurs and professionals (or dilettantes and scholars as Jim tends to put it). In the course of this Jim makes the most moderate comment I’ve seen him make on the topic.
i’m happy to agree with you for the most part here matt. [...]

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