Review of Ward Blanton,Displacing Christian Origins: Philosophy, Secularityand the New Testament

Baptism and Becoming a Christian in the New Testament

The purpose of this article is to investigate how baptism is related to the experience of conversion in the New Testament. As a result I shall not deal with the following important subjects: the meaning of the term “to baptize” (baptidzein is generally conceded to mean “to dip or immerse”); the origin of Christian baptism (it is probably not dependent upon Jewish proselyte baptism since there i...

New Testament Use of the Old Testament

The present writer has counted 224 direct citations introduced by a definite formula indicating the writer purposed to quote. To these must be added seven cases where a second quotation is introduced by the conjunction “and,” and 19 cases where a paraphrase or summary rather than a direct quotation follows the introductory formula. We may further note at least 45 instances where the similarity ...

Demythologizing Christian Philosophy: An Outline

Canon Revisited : Establishing the Origins and Authority of the New Testament Books

Ever since German liberalism began to infect the world of New Testament studies in the latter part of the eighteenth century, conservative scholarship has fought valiantly to defend the authority, historicity, and inerrancy of the Scriptures. This battle has been waged on many fronts including textual criticism, biblical theology, and introduction. In the field of introduction, particularly, co...

a fundamental study of "histiriographic metafiction", and "literary genres", as introduced in "new historical philosophy", and tracing them in the works of julian barnes.

abstract a fundamental study of “historio-graphic metafiction” and “literary genres”, as introduced in “new historical philosophy”, and tracing them in the works of julian barnes having studied the two novels, the porcupine and arthur & george, by julian barnes, the researcher has applied linda hutcheon’s historio-graphic metafictional theories to them. the thesis is divided into five cha...