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31 Oct 08

NT Wrong Has Fun With Labels

So, NT Wrong is an anonymous blogger who likes to get a rise out of folks, particularly “biblical apologists.” His latest project accomplishes that goal pretty well. He has created a list of over 100 bloggers on biblical studies and categorized them between “Very Conservative” and “Very Liberal”. First, the post appeared here, then he [...]

9 Comments Posted in categorization, conservative, hermeneutics, inspiration, interpretation, liberal by Patrick George McCullough
21 Feb 08

"Hearing" the Bible and presuppositions

Brueggemann makes an interesting comment in his preface to The Message of the Psalms. He opens the book itself with two quotes, one from John Updike and another from Jose Miranda, Communism in the Bible, which goes like this:
It can surely be said that the Psalter presents a struggle of the just against the unjust.
Brueggemann [...]

2 Comments Posted in Brueggemann, bible, hermeneutics, history, ideological criticism, interpretation, postmodernism, quotes by Patrick George McCullough