Browsing the archives for the old testament category

3 Jul 09

Hebrew Bible vs. Old Testament

In an engaging and intelligent post, John Anderson brought the topic to our attention again, and Doug Chaplin followed up. There is also a pretty hearty conversation going on in the comment section of John’s post. In an older post of mine (two years ago), I shared some of my thoughts on the topic–and linked [...]

11 Comments Posted in hebrew bible, old testament, tanakh by Patrick George McCullough
6 Nov 07

Exploring Hebrew narrative for a friend

I have a friend who is currently a first year MDiv student at a school that many salivate over. He currently does not know which way his career will go: academic studies or ministry. Currently, he’s so loaded with the daily responsibilities of classwork that he hasn’t had much time to find a niche of [...]

3 Comments Posted in career, doctoral programs, hebrew bible, old testament by Patrick George McCullough
16 Jul 07

Why do Jews use the Old Testament?

Don’t look at me! It’s not my question. Someone actually googled that inquiry to get to this blog post.
So… anybody have a good answer for this visitor?

2 Comments Posted in google search, hebrew bible, judaism, old testament by Patrick George McCullough
31 May 07

Old Testament/Hebrew Bible/Tanakh/Jewish Scriptures/Etc.

Several folks in the biblioblogosphere (that is, the world of biblical studies blogs for those uninitiated) have been discussing the perennial question of what to call those Scriptures that Jews use, but Christians also use with a different label. The first post that I read regarding the issue was from Tyler Williams, who gives reprints [...]

7 Comments Posted in hebrew bible, old testament, tanakh by Patrick George McCullough