Links to various essays, articles and other items of mine that may be of interest to some.
- A Biblical Theology of the Song of Songs (pdf). My MTh. thesis on the Song. Chapters on the history of interpretation, biblical theology, the nature of metaphor and allusion, the themes of land and marriage in the Song.
- NT allusions to the Song of Songs (online)
- The Words of Institution in the Lord’s Supper (online). An essay on speech act theory and its application to the words of institution in the Supper.
- The Hermeneutical Principles and Exegetical Methods of Rev. John Lightfoot, D.D. (read only doc). My hero! A Westminster divine who grappled with the need to understand the bible in its own context. Lightfoot was way ahead of his time in his knowledge and use of rabbinic literature and other background materials in the interpretation of scripture.
- A critical evaluation of Walter Brueggemann’s “Theology of the Old Testament” (read only doc). A postmodern OT theology which depends on a postmodern God.
- OT Theology and Metaphor (read only doc). A half-baked proposal for a new way of doing OT theology.
- May Our Sons In Their Youth Be Like Plants Full-grownTracing the metaphor PEOPLE are PLANTS in the book of psalms results in some interesting observations about the shaping of the psalter.
- The poetic structure of Song of Songs 7:12-14 (pdf). Morphological, syntactical, lexical, and phonological analysis leads to a new proposal for the structure of these verses.
- Morphological analysis of Song of Songs 7:12-14 (pdf). Supporting evidence for the essay on poetic structure in these verses.
- Becoming and Being the Kingdom Of Priests (pdf). Since the Israelites are declared a kingdom of priests at Mount Sinai, the Exodus events may be construed as their ordination rite.
- Paul’s Use of Leviticus 18:5 in Galatians 3:12 (pdf). A look at the interpretive traditions associated with Lev. 18:5 and their implications for Paul’s use of the verse in Gal. 3:12.
- An introduction to Ugaritic poetic technique and some implications for Hebrew poetry.
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According to genesis6 God felt repentant in heart king james version! Then Romans8:24-31 predetermined,predestination foreknew,whom where persons will spend eternity,Heaven or Hell? The bible is full of contradictions, such as ephesians1:5,9,11 predestined his pleasure selfishness-glorious grace,purpose of his will
That really is not the case, of course. The contradictions you seem to see are only apparent.
Whenever we come to a statement in the Bible we must ask: “In what sense? From what point of view is this said?”
When we do so, we see no contradictions.
God may appear from man’s point of view to repent, and his relations change, but in himself he is eternal, perfect and hence unchangeable. God has all of his maximum life at a single timeless “moment”.
Ros,
I just wanted to tell you that I thought your Intro to A Biblical Theology of the Song of Songs was brilliant. Though I dosn’t enjoy with all their points, I think Iain D. Campbell’s article, The Song of David’s Son in WTJ, 2000 and Francis Landy’s article “The Song of Songs and the Garden of Eden” in JBL, 1979 are good and in some ways similar to yours but yours is much more to the point and incisive. Is your doctoral studies at Highland on the Songs of Songs as well then?
Thank you. Yes, my PhD will be on a canonical approach to the Song of Songs.