Reflections on the state of Biblical Studies
. . . from the SBL Annual Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia (Nov 21-24, 2015)
The King is Coming! An Advent & Christmas Sermon Series
A new sermon series by Andy Bartelt based on Old Testament lessons
Lectionary@Lunch Live – Amos 7:7-15
Prof. Bill Carr discusses the Old Testament pericope for the 7th Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 10), in the context of the Year B lectionary
Lectionary@Lunch Live – Ezekiel 2:1-5
Prof. Bill Carr discusses the Old Testament pericope for the 6th Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 9), in the context of the Year B lectionary
Lectionary@Lunch Live – Ezekiel 17:22-24
Prof. Bill Carr discusses the Old Testament pericope for the 3rd Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 6), in the Year B lectionary
Lectionary@Lunch Live – Genesis 3:8-15
Prof. Bill Carr discusses the Old Testament pericope for the 2nd Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 5), in the Year B lectionary
Lectionary@Lunch Live – Zechariah 9:9-12
Prof. Bill Carr discusses the Old Testament pericope for Palm Sunday/Sunday of the Passion, in the Year B lectionary
Lectionary@Lunch Live – Jeremiah 31:31-34
Prof. Bill Carr discusses the Old Testament pericope for the Fifth Sunday in Lent, in the Year B lectionary
Lectionary@Lunch Live in the Spring
Prof. Bill Carr will host the weekly live-stream video chat on the Old Testament lectionary for the Spring quarter, beginning Tuesday, March 10
Lectionary@Lunch Live – 2 Kings 2:1-12
Prof. Tom Egger discusses the Old Testament pericope for Transfiguration Day, in the Year B lectionary
Lectionary@Lunch Live – Deuteronomy 18:15-20
Tom Egger discusses the Old Testament pericopies in the Epiphany season, in the Year B lectionary
Lectionary@Lunch Live – 2 Samuel 7:1-11, 16
Paul Raabe continues the discussion of the Old Testament pericopies in Advent Year B
Epiphany 4 • Micah 6:1–8 • February 2, 2014
By William Carr In spring 2013, I taught an elective to our Residential Alternate Route students on the book of Micah. Early in the term, one of the students asked how the Seminary can afford to offer a full ten-week course to the study of just one book, as brief as Micah. I can imagine that most of ..
Epiphany 3 • Isaiah 9:1–4 • January 26, 2014
Editor’s Note: The following homiletical help is adapted from Concordia Journal, October 1998. By Quentin F. Wesselschmidt Textual considerations: The Old Testament lesson for the Third Sunday after the Epiphany begins with chapter 9 of Isaiah, which contains one of the best-known prophecies of the birth of Christ in Scripture, namely, verses 6 and 7. The first ..
Epiphany 2 • Isaiah 49:1–7 • January 19, 2014
By Erik Hermann This second of Isaiah’s so-called Servant Songs continues the theme of Israel’s redemption. Like the exodus of old, God will gather his people out from under the hand of oppression and bring them back to himself. And as in the former days, this salvation will be accomplished through a chosen servant, a vessel and instrument ..
Baptism of Our Lord • Isaiah 42:1–7 • January 12, 2014
Editor’s Note: The following homiletical help is adapted from Concordia Journal, October 2003. By Thomas Manteufel It can be exciting to meet a famous personality. In this Scripture text, God, by the mouth of the prophet Isaiah, introduces someone whom he wants his people to meet. Behold! Look! He calls out in the original Hebrew. See the ..