Wednesday, April 25, 2012

"the original author's meaning"

On which see, among much else of value, Stephen E. Fowl, "The role of authorial intention in the theological interpretation of Scripture," in Between two horizons:  spanning New Testament studies and systematic theology, ed. Joel B. Green and Max Turner (Grand Rapids, MI:  William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2000), 71-87 (chap. 4).

Diatribe

"Diatribe, based on the Greek noun διατριβή, . . . is a modern literary term describing an informal rhetorical mode of argumentation principally characterized by a lively dialogical style including the use of imaginary discussion partners (often abruptly addressed), to whom are attributed hypothetical objections and false conclusions."

     David E. Aune, The Westminster dictionary of New Testament and early Christian literature and rhetoric (Louisville, KY:  Westminster John Knox Press, 2003), s.v. Diatribe, p.127 (pp. 127-129).

Thursday, April 19, 2012

The destruction of the leaven

"BIʿUR ḤAMETS (; destruction of leaven), the act of destroying . . . any leaven . . . in one’s possession on the morning of 14 Nisan . . . in accordance with the rabbinic interpretation of Exodus 12.15. . . . To make sure that “no leaven shall be seen with you” (Dt. 16.4), . . . leaven should, on the eve of [Pesaḥ], be either burned (biʿur) or disowned (bittul). . . . See also Bediqat Ḥamets."

"BIʿUR ḤAMETS" The Oxford Dictionary of the Jewish Religion. Ed. Adele Berlin and Maxine Grossman.Copyright © 2011 by Oxford University Press, Inc.. The Oxford Dictionary of the Jewish Religion: (e-reference edition). Oxford University Press. Seattle Pacific University. 19 April 2012 http://ezproxy.spu.edu/login?url=http://www.oxford-jewishreligion.com/entry?entry=t322.e0564.


Sunday, April 1, 2012

Fence around the law

"SEYAG LA-TORAH (;. fence around the law), preventive rabbinic injunction whose purpose is to safeguard the observance of biblical commandments. The sanction for such safeguards is found in Avot 1.1. . . . The “fence” consisted of an added level of stringency. . . ."

     "SEYAG LA-TORAH" The Oxford Dictionary of the Jewish Religion. Ed. Adele Berlin and Maxine Grossman.Copyright © 2011 by Oxford University Press, Inc.. The Oxford Dictionary of the Jewish Religion: (e-reference edition). Oxford University Press. Seattle Pacific University. 2 April 2012 http://ezproxy.spu.edu/login?url=http://www.oxford-jewishreligion.com/entry?entry=t322.e2825.

"the Spirit of God dwells in you" (plural)

τὸ πνεῦμα τοῦ θεοῦ οἰκεῖ ἐν ὑμῖν (plural), not σοὶ (singular).