Words

Tuesdays are the longest days for me; hence my lack of posting on those days. Before lunch I take a drive down to Winebrenner Seminary and stay there till well after dinner (11:00 am - 9:15 pm). But I can’t complain, my drive takes only 25 minutes, while one student I know drives 5 and 1/2 hours to get to class… that’s one way! Still, the day is long and I get my brain packed with all sorts of information, then my wife gets to hear me unload it when I get home. (I try to sum it all up and not talk too long!) Despite how long the day is, I really do enjoy it.

First, I worked on my Greek exegesis class for several hours in the library. Making copies of fun stuff like lexicon entries from BDAG, word study entries from TDNT and EDNT, and critical commentary sections from Anchor Bible Commentary, Word Biblical Commentary, and International Critical Commentary. All this is for the first section of my paper on John 6:22-35; a section on textual criticism including a brief word study. After spending nearly four dollars at the copy machine, I loaded up my folders and headed out. Soon I’ll be spending hours compiling and digesting this information and spilling it out onto my paper. I’ll be sure to post the results.

From there I went to my Church History class where we discussed the foundations of ancient Christianity: the Romans, the Greeks, and the Jews. The class, taught by Dr. George Fry, discussed the contributions of these three civilizations that had affect on the early development of Christianity in first century Palestine. From there we took a look at some of the major early characters: Jesus, the early apostles, and Paul. During the three hour class I rapidly typed on my keyboard and produced eight pages of notes. I’ll post a summarization of that soon.

That’s Tuesdays. But I still have Narrative Criticism to do… well, I guess I’ll leave that for another day.