Comments on: That’s Not In the Bible

By: Blake

Blake — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 19:24:10 +0000

@Jeremy, I listened to a course from the Teaching Company in which the professor asked that question, though I wouldn’t say his tone was mocking – it was more along the lines of a challenge.

The Wisdom Literature one, right?

I listened to that. I loved that guy.

By: aonghus

aonghus — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 12:35:50 +0000

Thanks for encouraging me to read Habakuk, Joe.

And lest I be counted among Matthew’s subset of over-earnest readers, my first comment was as tongue in cheek as Joe’s piece.

By: Irenaeus

Irenaeus — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 06:13:49 +0000

MarkO: Fail.

Honest to goodness: In a Greek exegesis class at a major div school some years back, a student actually said that if he were Paul, he wouldn’t have put all the stuff in brackets at the bottom of the page. He was talking about the NA27 textual apparatus.

By: Dblade

Dblade — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 01:44:18 +0000

One of the good things about being a fundamentalist. You actually read the thing. It is an education in itself. For all the diatribes against Christianity the Bible is an enduring work of literature and a lot more subtle and nuanced than people think.

I’d say more, but not my place to comment on it in depth.

By: SteveP

SteveP — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 01:40:22 +0000

Thank you Joe Carter! That elicited a hearty laugh!

By: Jack Perry

Jack Perry — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 01:34:31 +0000

In praise of the book of Wisdom: isn’t it quoted in the New Testament? or is that another DT book? or am I confusing this with something else entirely?

By: MarkO

MarkO — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 22:55:00 +0000

So Joe,

Your non-Habakkuk NIV doesn’t have Habakkuk? Which NIV are you using? It wouldn’t happen to be a pre-exilic NIV Bible would it?
Here is a link to another NIV Bible that has Habakkuk:
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Habakkuk+1&version=NIV

By: pentamom

pentamom — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 21:16:01 +0000

If y’all had been paying attention, you would have realized that every word after the end of the quote was tongue in cheek. There’s a glaring clue right there in the penultimate paragraph.

By: John

John — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 18:48:22 +0000

@Jeremy, I listened to a course from the Teaching Company in which the professor asked that question, though I wouldn’t say his tone was mocking – it was more along the lines of a challenge.

But its a good question, right? I’m sure the answer is in Wisdom, or maybe Habakkuk.

By: Catholic

Catholic — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 17:42:55 +0000

Joe is kidding on the last TWO paragraphs. (Habakkuk only sounds like it’s not in the Bible!)