Sarah’s Missing Mountain in the Galatians Allegory
Here is the summary and abstract of Brandon Elder’s first article.
The Institute for Midrashic Studies of the New Testament
Here is the summary and abstract of Brandon Elder’s first article.
The NT Midrash Institute is delighted to announce an important milestone!
Did Isaiah identify Golgotha in any other parts of his prophetic book and can Paul’s Midrash help us identify it?
Paul used three first use words out of Daniel, “redeem, mystery, and struggling.”
Romans 3:9-18 is a Midrash of the Source Text Leviticus 8:14-34 with what has been considered as six quotations from the LXX. The first quotation has been considered an altered quotation. Paul Romans 9:11-12 is considered to be a quotation of Psalm 14:1-3 and Psalm 53:1-3 but only “There is no one who understands. There …
Can Paul’s Midrash of Romans help to determine if the Textus Receptus is correct in placing the four verses in Romans 16:24-27 (in some ancient manuscripts 16:24 omitted altogether in P46 a A B C. 16:24 reads “The favor of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.”)? Or should the verses be placed …
The likelihood of a first use word in the LXX exponentially drops the further away from Genesis you go. So the likelihood of a first use word is much less in 1 Kings than in Genesis. So the likelihood that Paul would use 4 different first use words from 1 Kings is quite low and …
The very first thing that is noticeable in the section of the Midrash/Source Text Ephesians 1:10-14/Isaiah 5:30-7:25 is the uncommon word “administration” (oikonomia). It is only used twice in the LXX in Isaiah 22:19, 21 and only 3X in Ephesians in 1:10 and 3:2, 9. The use in 3:2 coincides with the uses in Isaiah. …
Paul prefaces in Hebrews 10:37-39 the “Faith Chapter”, Hebrews 11 with quotations from two verses from the Greek translation of the Hebrew Scriptures. All commentators and annotated Bibles note the quote from Habakkuk 2:3b-4 but only a small percentage note the quote from Isaiah 26:20. The linkage of the two verses from Habakkuk and Isaiah …