Learning Greek & Latin
Pastor Pooyan Mehrshahi asked me to put together a post with resources to help seminary students learn Greek. So here is what I used and am using. When it comes to learning Greek, one needs
Why New Testament Textual Criticism Can Never Arrive at Truth
RTC AS A THOUGHT EXPERIMENT So let’s pretend we have completed such an experiment. We begin our experiment by printing off a copy of the book of Matthew. This printed copy (autograph)
John Gill On the Hebrew Vowel Points pt 2
On the Hebrew Letters, Vowel Points, & Accents by John Gill, D.D. I OBSERVE there is much talk about the Masoretic Bible, and about Masoretic authority. As to the Masoretic Bible, I could never learn
John Gill On the Hebrew Vowel Points pt 1
On the Hebrew Letters, Vowel Points, & Accents by John Gill, D.D. The Preface. THE following Dissertation has long lain by me; nor was it written at first with any design to publish it
Follow Up: Codex Montfortianus, Erasmus, and 1 John 5:7
In a previous article I addressed the issue of Codex Montfortianus and Erasmus and showed that the so called "British" Codex that Erasmus used could not be Codex Montfortianus. I was pleased to find out
NT Manuscripts Made to Order (Erasmus and I Jn5.7)
It is commonly known that Erasmus did not include a large section of 1 John 5:7 in the 1st and 2nd Editions of his Greek New Testament. This is the so called Comma Johanneum, "For
Argument Analysis Checklist
Argument Analysis Checklist This post in the main is from an older blog I no longer maintain. Why an argument analysis checklist? They’re easy for people to memorize. So I’m providing the checklist I follow
Argument Analysis Checklist
Argument Analysis Checklist This post in the main is from an older blog I no longer maintain. Why an argument analysis checklist? They’re easy for people to memorize. So I’m providing the checklist I follow
The Artificial Memory
So after reading the previous two posts on memory you should now be asking yourself, Where do I begin in the development my artificial memory? First we begin with the 3 keys of artificial memory.
The Artificial Memory
So after reading the previous two posts on memory you should now be asking yourself, Where do I begin in the development my artificial memory? First we begin with the 3 keys of artificial memory.
Rhetorica Ad Herennium on Memory
The following excerpt is from the Latin text Ad Herennium. Though written many centuries ago, the information it provides on improving the memory is still as useful today as it was when originally written. I
A History of Memory
(A post on memory from an old site I started.) In beginning any history on the techniques of memory, tradition requires the mention of the following story. It is much like writing the “Hello World!”