Bulletin for Biblical Research, Volume 21, Nos. 1–4, 2011

by Institute for Biblical Research

Publisher:

Eisenbrauns

, 2011

Overview

Examine the most pressing issues in biblical studies and interpretation with one of evangelicalism’s preeminent periodicals, the Bulletin for Biblical Research. Established by the Institute for Biblical Research in 1991 as an annual journal, it became a biannual journal in 2000 and a quarterly journal in 2009. Representing thousands of scholars across all evangelical denominations, this journal combines rigorous scholarship with fidelity to Christ and the church. Originally edited by acclaimed scholar Bruce Chilton, the journal is currently edited by distinguished Old Testament expert Richard S. Hess. Contributors include some of today’s most outstanding scholars, including Darrell L. Bock, Gordon D. Fee, John H. Walton, G. K. Beale, Donald Hagner, Michael F. Bird, Eckhard J. Schnabel, Stanley Porter, and John Oswalt.

Contents

Top Highlights

“symbolic reference to the completion of one of the ages into which the world is divided.” (Page 320)

“Jesus’ action in John is a symbol of impending judgment, as is widely held. However, the judgment on the temple is not judgment for being what it should not have been—corrupt, defiled, or commercialized—but rather judgment for being what it had always been and nothing more.” (Page 493)

“Yet the fact that an emissary can speak for his principal does not in itself demonstrate that the angel of Yahweh is such an envoy. The existence of first-person language is also consistent with the identity theory.” (Page 302)

“He recognizes that מלאך יהוה (and its Greek equivalent, ἄγγελος κυρίου) might be taken definitely: ‘the angel of the Lord.’” (Page 301)

“Until evidence for this is substantiated, the identity theory appears to characterize the biblical data better.^{5” (Page 298)}

Product Details

• Title: Bulletin for Biblical Research, Volume 21, Nos. 1–4, 2011
• Author: Institute for Biblical Research
• Edition: 1–4
• Series: Bulletin for Biblical Research
• Volume: 21
• Publisher: Eisenbrauns
• Print Publication Date: 2011
• Logos Release Date: 2015
• Era: era:Contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Theology › Periodicals
• Resource ID: LLS:BBRCH21
• Resource Type: Journal
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-11T17:12:43Z

About Institute for Biblical Research

Richard S. Hess is Earl S. Kalland Professor of Old Testament and Semitic Languages at Denver Seminary in Littleton, Colorado, and editor of the Denver Journal. He is the author or editor of more than 25 books, including Israelite Religions: An Archaeological and Biblical Survey, Baker Commentary on the Old Testament Wisdom and Psalms: Song of Songs, and the commentary Joshua in the Tyndale Commentary Series.