Spenser Ter ry (1840-1914) was a nine teen th-cen tury Methodis t Episcopal ian. He wa s a g radu ate of Y ale Div inity Sch ool a nd p rofes sor o f Hebrew a nd O ld Testament exegesis and theology at Garrett Biblical Institute. He w as the author of Biblical Apocalyptics and numerous commentaries on Old Testament books, but is most often remem bered for his book Bib lical Hermeneutics, which ...

This article grows out of two dominant perceptions that I have developed through my work with theological students and teachers. The first of these perceptions is that there is strong and growing interest in patristic interpretation of the Bible among evangelical biblical scholars and theologians. The second perception is that virtually all biblical studies students and professors I have encoun...

The extent of the Genesis Flood has been vigorously debated by biblical scholars. For those who accept a recent creation week of six literal consecutive, twenty-four-days, a universal Flood is necessary to explain the existence of the geologic column. The thesis of this study is that only the traditional interpretation which posits a literal, universal, worldwide Genesis Flood does full justice...

The study of Hebrew narratives has generally shown in modern scholarship the intriguing artistry of the biblical stories. However, the apparent simplicity of the angry scenes has not generated significant engagement of its representations. Against this backdrop, the present study describes the consistent literary patterns in the representation of angry scenes in Hebrew narrative, and particular...

Abstract Benjamin Disraeli has often been represented as a mercurial self-fashioner who adopted various expedient personae over the course of his public life. The biographical emphasis on eccentric personality caused many historians to distance from nineteenth-century intellectual contexts in their analysis thought. wrote within literary culture that remained invested Bible an important narrati...

6 Many a young man who has received his spiritual nurture within the evan-gelical tradition, and who seeks to test his fitness for the Christian ministry, finds the very fundamentals of his faith challenged, modified, and even rejected outright by the theological teachers under whom he places himself. Often the evangelical theological student is limited by his denominational interests in the ch...

This article considers the question of difference between NT documents and their contemporary religious philosophical thought world on ‘life after death’. Consideration only a few themes discloses that differs widely from Hellenistic views, it is closely connected to some views in early Judaism as far these stand continuity with OT. The view death’ stands more its own than History Religions Sch...

This essay examines the antebellum history of interpretation surrounding curse Ham in Gen 9:18–29. It explores how modern notions scientific racism were read into story as a de facto justification for transatlantic slave trade and institution slavery South. However, more than simply being used prooftext racist agendas, provided biblical foil circumscribing racial hierarchy where whiteness was p...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The authors produced a historical analysis of nine anesthesia-related premises described in the Bible more than 3,500 years ago (Old Testament). Anesthetic drugs and adjuvants, patients, anesthesiologists attitudes and techniques are discussed in the light of Biblical and modern science. CONTENTS To help understanding, the nine premises evaluated are correlated to th...