biblical interpretation

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Abraham and Sarah, Slaveholders

Ephraim Radner - July 31, 2020

By Ephraim Radner Abraham and Sarah were slaveholders. Eliezer and Hagar were their slaves. The following is but a brief reflection on how we have...

News

General Calls Biblical Scholar

Matt Townsend - February 15, 2018

The Rev. Julie Faith Parker will become associate professor for Biblical studies at General Theological Seminary, effective July 1.

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Evaluating ‘This Holy Estate’: Same-sex marriage, and a failed argument from analogy

Jeff Boldt - June 11, 2016

The report seeks a unique definition of marriage for same-sex partners, but never provides it. Instead, it resorts to an unrelated analogy.

Books & Culture

Apocalypse Then and Now

Amber Noel - December 24, 2015

Is the Roman Caesar lord and god, or is the babe of Bethlehem?

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Context, interpretation, and application

Benjamin Guyer - August 19, 2015

Behind many of the debates that Christians have about the Bible, there is an important but unstated assumption: that interpretation is inseparable from application and that context is important to both.

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