Browsing the blog archives for July, 2006

29 Jul 06

Revelation: Lost in Translation

In the first edition of his Greek version of the New Testament, Erasmus did not have a Greek Manuscript available for the last bit of Revelation. So he translated Revelation 22:16-21 from the Latin Vulgate into Greek. This obviously introduced errors. There is an interesting website called “Lost in Translation” which takes an English text, [...]

0 Comments Posted in language, translation by Patrick George McCullough
29 Jul 06

"Deconstruction" a la Speed Bump

Credits: Dave Coverly, Speed Bump, 07/29/2006

0 Comments Posted in comics by Patrick George McCullough
26 Jul 06

Pursuing a Career of Holy Scholarship

It is a strange thing to pursue academics in the area of a sacred text. I am entering dangerous territory upon which many millions around the globe stake their entire belief system and worldview. Another issue is that I am studying the text which is normative for my own faith as a disciple of Jesus. [...]

2 Comments Posted in academia, career by Patrick George McCullough
17 Jul 06

The Baptism Hermeneutic

Anabaptism is no Arnold Schwarzenegger. It’s not a household name and it isn’t the governor of California. You may not know what Anabaptism is, or you may know but don’t understand how it might affect biblical interpretation. For that reason, I feel that I should take a moment here and articulate how my understanding of [...]

2 Comments Posted in anabaptism, hermeneutics by Patrick George McCullough