This is the title of a lecture by the learned Archimandrite Ephrem (Lash) of Manchester which has recently been posted on the Internet. Father Ephrem is a distinguished philologist and translator, well versed in several ancient and modern languages as well as in the whole corpus of biblical and patristic literature. As he is one [...]
More Comments on the Complete OSB
Reviews and comments on the complete Orthodox Study Bible, released less than two weeks ago, continue to filter out in various corners of the Internet:
Rick Mansfield offers some comments on the OSB by Theron Mathis, who was responsible for the books of I and II Kingdoms (I and II Samuel).
David Bryan has also offered his [...]
Athens and Jerusalem: A Quote and (Hopefully) an Article
On the 1139th anniversary of the reposeof St Cyril (in the world, Constantinethe Philosopher), Equal to the Apostlesand Enlightener of the Slavs.
April DeConick has called for a blog co-op today on the question of the relationship between Athens and Jerusalem. Being only slightly less lazy than Nick Norelli, I’ve decided to provide the passage where [...]
This Post Brought to You By the Letter ‘E’
In the wake of the wretched Oscars that (thankfully) nobody watched, Jim West has bestowed upon this blog the “E for Excellent” award. Not only that, he’s said that this is one of six blogs he can’t do without, and which together with his form a sacred heptad of bloggy perfection. Why, Jim, thank you [...]
An Initial Impression on the Complete OSB
The complete Orthodox Study Bible has started to ship at long last, and T. R. Valentine (an Orthodox layman whose articles on history, theology, and the ecclesiastical canon and text of Scripture I have always found both challenging and helpful) has made available his first impressions on the long-awaited volume. Since his remarks are likely [...]
Bible Meme
I’ve been tagged (sort of) by Nick Norelli with the latest Bible Meme to scourge and impoverish Biblioblogdom, so here we go:
1. What translation of the Bible do you like best?
This very much depends on things like the purpose for which I’m choosing a translation and its relation to the Earth’s axial tilt and the [...]
Saturday a’Machen: The Facts Upon Which Experience Is Based
[A selection inspired by this cartoon posted by Jim West, and these graphics posted by Justin Taylor.]
“What [....] are the teachings of modern liberalism, as over against the teachings of Christianity?
“At the outset, we are met with an objection. ‘Teachings,’ it is said, ‘are unimportant; the exposition of the teachings of liberalism and the teachings [...]
A Funny Thing Happened to Me While Reading the Apocryphote of the Day
April DeConick’s “Apocryphote of the Day” for Wednesday, her own rendering of a Baptismal hymn found in the Gnostic Holy Book of the Invisible Spirit (also known as The Gospel of the Egyptians), struck me as eerily reminiscent of the type of song usually heard in “contemporary” Evangelical worship. Go give it a look; hers [...]
Apostolic Exegesis in Action: "And that Rock Was Christ"
I have written about “Apostolic exegesis” a number of times on this blog, but it occurred to me that other than linking to a recent article by Peter Enns on that subject, and writing a few posts about how Liturgy reads the Bible taking a cue from Apostolic (and patristic) exegesis, I haven’t done much [...]
How Liturgy Reads the Bible: In the Shadow and Letter of the Law
On this Day of Grace, forty days after the Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Church celebrates the Feast of the Meeting of Lord, namely, of his presentation in the Temple (cfr. St Luke 2:22-40). The rich service of this Feast affords us yet another opportunity to contemplate (albeit very briefly) how Liturgy reads [...]
An Exceedingly Small Contribution to the Translation Theory Wars
Lingamish has posted a translation theory florilegium (of sorts) whose purpose is to throw light on “some of the philosophies that underlie the CEV translation.” The selection from an interview with Barclay Newman, in particular, caught my attention:
“We take in consideration the fact that more people hear the scriptures read than read them for themselves, [...]
Saturday a’Machen: Literary Dependence, Oral Tradition, and the Synoptics
“One of the most interesting and difficult of the problems that confront the student of the New Testament must here be dismissed with little more than a word. What is the literary relation between the first three Gospels? How did they come to be so much alike?
“Our first impulse, perhaps, is to say that [...]
International Septuagint Day 2008
Well, today was the IOSCS’s International Septuagint Day and I didn’t even know it! Thanks to Kevin Edgecomb for pointing this out. Kevin notes that this day has been chosen because this is the date of St Justinian’s Novella 146—in Bob Kraft’s words, “the one date we know of from late antiquity on which LXX/OG/Aquila [...]
On the NASB, Markan Priority, and the Raising of Censurable Bugaboos
Rick Mansfield has posted a rather mystifying report regarding the New American Standard Bible: according to a source at the Lockman Foundation, which he consulted after encountering a statement to this effect made by one of the translators more than a decade ago, “the rejection of Markan priority is indeed a conviction on the part [...]
Highlights from the Blogroll, Annotated Edition
For a number of reasons (which include busyness and illness) I have neglected to note some the more interesting posts to have turned up in my reader over the past couple weeks, so I thought it right to offer an annotated round up of the posts in which I have been unable to comment, and [...]
