A LECTURE_LABEL from the series "LTL Lecture Series Academic Year 2015-2016." In her lecture, Lynn H. Cohick explores Paul's desire to know Christ, as expressed in Philippians 3:1-21. In this passage, Paul contrasts redemption in Christ with both his former way of life as a Pharisee and with Roman imperial
A LECTURE_LABEL from the series "LTL Lecture Series Academic Year 2015-2016." Over the years the Bible has been quoted in support of both abolishing slavery and keeping slaves. Today people often object to the Bible as a document that supports slavery. In his lecture, Peter Williams examines the key Old
A LECTURE_LABEL from the series "LTL Lecture Series Academic Year 2015-2016." One of the current debates in New Testament scholarship is whether Paul’s theology was rooted in an apocalyptic worldview, whereby salvation was a punctiliar and even intrusive event, or whether it was part of an on-going story of promise
A LECTURE_LABEL from the series "LTL Lecture Series Academic Year 2015-2016." Even in the first century the disciples of Yeshua (Jesus) had difficulty understanding Paul and his writings for several reasons. One reason Joseph Shulam proposes is that Paul was a lawyer and wrote like a lawyer. Shulam proposes that