Office Hours: Steve Baugh on the Authorship of Ephesians

by R. Scott Clark on November 30, 2010

The latest episode of Office Hours is out via iTunes and RSS. Steve Baugh talks about his research into the rhetoric, composition, and style of Ephesians and what it tells us about its authorship. Check out Steve’s Greek Grammars. This episode is . . . Continue reading →

Office Hours: Meet Brad Bitner

by R. Scott Clark on September 8, 2020

Forty years ago this fall semester, Westminster Seminary California welcomed its first incoming class of students. Our founding faculty members began to retire about 20 years ago. Now some of our second generation faculty have retired or been called to serve the . . . Continue reading →

Baugh: No Evidence For A Feminist Culture In First-Century Ephesus

by Heidelblog on March 26, 2022 | 2 Comments

Up to this point, no one has established historically that there was, in fact, a feminist culture in first-century Ephesus. It has merely been assumed. Enter Richard and Catherine Kroegers’ I Suffer Not A Woman: Rethinking 1 Timothy 2:11–15 in Light of . . . Continue reading →

Words And Things (Part 3)

by S. M. Baugh on July 9, 2022

When working with foreign words, we should be aware of a very important distinction: the distinction between meaning and gloss. For our purposes, a gloss is an English word substitute for a Greek word. In simple cases, a gloss is perfectly satisfactory . . . Continue reading →

Words And Things (Part 4)

by S. M. Baugh on July 16, 2022

Last time, we looked at the difference between glosses and word meanings. A gloss is an English word substitute and is of concern primarily to translators, while meaning is a brief description of a word’s referent. I illustrated this difference with some . . . Continue reading →

The Story Behind The Story In Revelation

by Heidelblog on August 18, 2022 | 2 Comments

Throughout the Book of Revelation John tells the glorious story of our Lord’s victory over all of his enemies. He does so using symbols and visions typical of apocalyptic literature. In apocalyptic writings, the author uses such symbols to depict the cosmic . . . Continue reading →

Paul’s Sentences and Ours

by T. David Gordon on August 30, 2022 | 38 Comments

Several months ago, Dr. Clark emailed me, saying: “We are still interested in your reflections on media culture…”, in reply to an earlier thread I composed about Israel’s Shema and God’s use of language—not image—to promote true knowledge of him. This brief . . . Continue reading →

Heidelcast For December 11, 2022: Sin, Salvation, Service: the Threefold Truth of Romans (1)

by Heidelcast on December 10, 2022 | 1 Comment

In this episode, Dr. Clark inaugurates a new Heidelcast series on Romans. He begins by discussing the context, audience, author, date, and purpose of the letter. Dr. Clark also answers questions from Zechariah about the Swedish Reformed, from Valt about Moses and . . . Continue reading →

Words And Things: All About “This” (Part 5)

by S. M. Baugh on September 12, 2023 | 1 Comment

“This” is not very interesting. In fact, when studying a foreign language “this,” “that,” and “the other” are the kind of words that are easy to overlook and hard to memorize. Like “who,” “what,” or “why?” Why? In isolation, they seem abstract . . . Continue reading →

Words And Things: Practicing The Truth (Part 6)

by S. M. Baugh on September 19, 2023 | Comment

Already in this series we have looked at two things that will be further illustrated here. First, we have to be very careful with the whole notion of a “literal” translation. Literal does not necessarily mean more accurate. The second thing is . . . Continue reading →

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