How can one with limited or no knowledge of Greek, Hebrew, or Aramaic (the languages in which the Bible was originally written) use a Greek-English or Hebrew-Chaldee (Aramaic) lexicon or concordance? First, begin with Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, which was designed for those who do not know these languages. Look up in the concordance any word in the King James Version of the Bible, deter…
Let's face it. Just the word exegesis puts some of us on edge. We are excited about learning to interpret the Bible, but the thought of exegetical method evokes a chill. Some textbooks on exegesis do nothing to overcome these apprehensions. The language is dense. The concepts are hard. And the expectations are way too high. However, the skills that we need to learn are ones that a minister of…
The church today is built on the Reformation's linguistic heritage yet is in danger of losing that strong foundation. Many seminaries no longer require that their students learn the Biblical languages for their divinity degrees - some do not even teach them! Yet these are the basic tools of any study of the Bible, and if we don't teach the Bible, then what is the church teaching? If we need enc…