WesleyHuff
@WesleyLHuff
Historian, researcher, speaker. PhD candidate at University of Toronto. Husband. Son. Nerd Par Excellence. Athlete (wannabe).
Can you trust the Bible? Watch episode 1 of my documentary series on that topic youtu.be/QhVPBNBAGY0?si…
Very interesting conversation between @glenscrivener and @michaelshermer on the topic: can we be good without God? youtu.be/rQ-g33KtZZ0?si…
Had the pleasure and opportunity to preach this morning at my home church. Happy Lord’s Day.
The canon of Scripture was not the result of a power grab. It was recognized by believers across the ancient world long before church councils affirmed it.
I’ve been reading Hebrew all day. Let me show you what I do to clear my head a little bit after trying to get to the bottom of a hapax legomenon.
Preaching this weekend from 1 Samuel so this is what my Friday afternoon looks like. Elbow deep in my BHS and LXX. For the record the new(er) Septuaginta Reader’s Edition is 👌🏼.
This is all over the place in Matthew. I personally am convinced that Matthew recorded many verbatim teachings of Jesus that he originally spoke in Greek and reveal Jesus’s wit in said language. Just look at the alliteration in the opening or the sermon on the mount:…
“Many are called, few are chosen” (Mt 22.14) sounds like a nice, memorable epigram in Greek (polloi kletoi, oligoi eklektoi) but not in Aramaic. Wonder whether the Lord originally said this in Greek...