Paul HimesThis is the second of a two-part series on words and their meanings. Part 1 discussed the difference between “words” and “concepts.” In Part 2 we will examine the interaction of “context” (the words surrounding a particular word) with “semantic...
Jacob CeroneLogos Bible software provides a better way to read German in your Biblical studies and research and Jacob Cerone explains why.
Kris LyleThe first time I attended SBL, back in November 2015, I was fortunate to be in company with eight other colleagues who also had papers accepted. My own was co-authored with Jeremy Thompson and was presented in the Biblical Hebrew and Lexicography...
Introduction A little knowledge can be a dangerous thing, especially when it comes to biblical words in the original Hebrew and Greek. Quite often preachers of God’s Word put too heavy a load on biblical words, expecting them to carry a major point...
Tavis BohlingerWe’ve had a few significant posts on the Dead Sea Scrolls here on theLAB the last few weeks, including Craig Evans’s breaking news of the discovery of Cave 12, and then a follow-up post that asked the question of the importance of studying the...
Josh WestburyIn this post we look at the particular oath formula used in Ruth. 1:17. This will help us see how a better understanding of oath formulas sheds light on some thorny linguistic issues that have long puzzled both grammarians and translators alike.
The big news of last week was the announcement by Hebrew University, and Craig Evans here on theLAB, that a 12th Dead Sea Scrolls (DSS) cave was discovered just last month.
But why are the DSS important?
Craig EvansA New Cave, an Old Controversy: Dramatic New Discovery in Israel will Re-Ignite Debates The last Dead Sea Scrolls cave, linked to the ruins on the marl shelf at the mouth of Wadi Qumran, was discovered in 1956, bringing the total number of caves to...
Marieke Dhont (PhD, KU Leuven & Université catholique de Louvain) is a Visiting Fellow at St. John’s College (University of Manitoba, Winnipeg) and specializes in Hellenistic Judaism. February 8 marks International Septuagint day, a day to...
Paul Overland (PhD, Brandeis University) is Professor of Old Testament and Semitic Languages at Ashland Theological Seminary.
There is a huge problem in the way that biblical Hebrew is currently taught: it doesn’t stick.