JAMES L. BOYER Professor of Greek, Grace College In dealing with a subject which includes the word “semantic" there is a double reason for beginning with the defining of terms; because semantic itself needs defining, and because semantics has to do with the meaning of words, or definition. The word "semantic" is used in two senses; (1) as a technical term in the science of linguistics, and (2) ...

This paper presents Tiqwah, a typesetting system for Biblical Hebrew, that uses the combined e orts of TEX, METAFONT and gnu Flex. The author describes its use and its features, discusses issues relevant to the design of fonts and placement of oating diacritics, and gives a list of rare cases and typographical curiosa which can be found in the Bible. The paper concludes with an example of Hebre...

This investigation focuses on the moral status of the human embryo from a Christian ethical perspective. The central theoretical argument is that the embryo has a particular standing before God and should therefore have a special standing in the eyes of human beings. The article examines three biblical concepts from the perspective of a biblical-theological hermeneutical model in order to unfol...

In the account of her husband, John’s, final days, Lucy Hutchinson depicts him as a Mosaic figure, dedicated to biblical reading and shown ‘patterne [God’s] glorious tabernacle’. This article explores Hutchinson’s record John’s scriptural study: list over seven hundred proofs taken from his Bible noted in back Memoirs manuscript. Offering first full study these notes their relationship biograph...

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The Internet is a rich storage house for studying the role of the Bible in contemporary American and Western culture. The examination of Sodom and Gomorrah (Genesis 19) on the Internet demonstrates that biblical studies gain from the critical interaction with the digital world. Many religiously oriented Web pages mention the biblical story when they discuss the issue of homosexuality. Others in...

This investigation focuses on the moral status of the human embryo from a Christian ethical perspective. The central theoretical argument is that the embryo has a particular standing before God and should therefore have a special standing in the eyes of human beings. The article examines three biblical concepts from the perspective of a biblical-theological hermeneutical model in order to unfol...

A number of studies have been published of Josephus' portraits of biblical heroes, wherein we see that Josephus systematically aggrandizes their qualities of good birth, handsomeness, and the cardinal virtues of wisdom, courage, temperance, justice, and piety? But how does he depict biblical rogues? Three Israelite kings whose wickedness is emphasized in the biblical record-namely, Jeroboam I, ...