Category Archives: scripture study

Sound and fury redux: mataiologia vs. kenophonia

By ElShaddai Edwards | Published: June 25, 2009
In a post from about a year ago, I considered various translations of 1 Timothy 1:6, which in the REB reads as such: Through lack of these some people have gone astray into a wilderness of words. The key phrase “a wilderness of words” is a translation of the Greek mataiologia, which is literally translated as “empty [...]
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With all your heart, soul and strength: the world vs. God

By ElShaddai Edwards | Published: May 8, 2009
In 1 John 2:15-17, John offers a rebuttal to the world’s version of the greatest commandment: Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. (Deuteronomy 6:5) HCSB REB Do not love the world or the things that belong to the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the [...]
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Linus’ questions

By ElShaddai Edwards | Published: December 22, 2008
Continuing the discussion of Matthew’s appropriation of OT scripture as prophecies fulfilled in Jesus Christ, we turn to these exegetical questions found in yesterday comic section of the newspaper. The passage in question come from Matthew 2.16-18 (REB): When Herod realized that the astrologers had tricked him he flew into a rage, and gave orders for [...]
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Gundry and Matthew’s midrash

By ElShaddai Edwards | Published: December 21, 2008
Thanks to my blessed wife, we started up a tradition this past year that I grew up with, that being a subscription to National Geographic magazine. I remember stacks of yellow dating back to the ’70s in our house in Alaska, so the small pile here is a welcome addition. The December issue has an article [...]
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Faith and works: two judgments?

By ElShaddai Edwards | Published: November 10, 2008
Our pastor made an interesting proposition yesterday, one that I’ve been leaning toward for a while now, but was still rather intrigued to hear it voiced from the pulpit. As Christians in the Protestant tradition, we accept that salvation by faith alone is a fundamental tenet and set aside any notion that our works have [...]
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