W. Randall Garr on the Grammar and Interpretation of Exodus 6:3

The following article is now on-line in PDF:

W. Randall Garr, “The grammar and interpretation of Exodus 6:3,” Journal of Biblical Literature 111.3 (Fall 1992): 385-408. Click here to view.

G.T. Manley's "The Book of the Law" now on-line

The following book is now available in Deja Vu format:

G.T. Manley, The Book of the Law: Studies in the Date of Deuteronomy. London: Tyndale, 1957. Hbk. pp.192.

A viewer for this file format can be found here.

J. Stafford Wright on How Moses Compiled Genesis

The following lecture is now on-line as both iPaper and PDF:

J. Stafford Wright, How Moses Compiled Genesis: A Suggestion. London: Church Book Room Press, n.d. pp.16.

Stafford Wright presents an alternative to the Documentary Hypothesis of the formation of the Pentateuch. My thanks to the Church Society for their kind permission to reproduce this article.

Gordon Wenham on the Books of the Law

The following article is now online in PDF:

Gordon Wenham, "The Perplexing Pentateuch," Vox Evangelica 17 (1987): 7-22.

This would be a useful article to recommend to anyone beginning a course on the Old Testament Law, though I'm not sure I would recommend the books by Alan Hayward and Henri Blocher on Genesis so enthusiastically.

John Rea on the Time of the Oppression and the Exodus

The following article is now on-line in PDF:

John Rea, "The Time of the Oppression and the Exodus," Bulletin of the Evangelical Theological Society 3.3 (Summer 1960): 58-66.

John Rea sets out the evidence for a 15th Century Exodus.

William B. Badke on what Paul meant by "Baptised into Moses" and "Baptsed into Christ".

The following article is available in PDF:

William B. Badke, "Baptised into Moses - Baptised into Christ: a Study in Doctrinal Development," The Evangelical Quarterly 60 (1988): 23-29.

This is a study of Paul's teaching in Romans 6:3. Dr Badke summarises his argument as follows:

It is the contention of this paper that, only if death and resurrection with Christ had not yet been connected thematically with baptism, would Paul have used the expression 'baptised into Moses'. If such a connection had not yet been made, Paul's meaning would simply be that the Israelites adhered themselves to Moses, and thus to God, through a baptism-like act. This would say nothing more than the Old Testament text already implies and would leave no implication that Moses was to be seen as a resurrected saviour leading his people into a better world and imparting to them the mysteries of God. Paul was far too careful a pastor to have allowed for such a false implication. He could use 'baptised into Moses' freely, because he himself had not yet made the connection between baptism and death-resurrection, let alone teaching it to anyone else.