Bible Review

The Hexapla is a six-columned book that compares various Greek versions of the Old Testament and the Hebrew text.

See Roy W. Hoover, “How the Books of the New Testament Were Chosen,” BR 09:02.

Fundamentalist groups reject biblical criticism, and both the Southern Baptist Convention and Missouri Lutheran Church have had bitter fights about biblical criticism in which the “rejectionists” have triumphed.

See Jan P. Fokkelman,“Saul and David—Crossed Fates,” BR 05:03.

This wooden translation follows the Masoretic punctuation of the verse and reflects the way the Rabbis understood it. A more accurate translation, taking into account the true poetic structure of the verse, would be: “You shall not make with me gods of silver, nor shall you make for yourselves gods of gold.” Such a translation is found in the KJV.

The name YHWH, usually translated “the Lord,” is the four-letter name of the God of Israel, never pronounced and of uncertain vocalization.

In this article the terms “Bible” and “biblical” refer only to the Hebrew Bible, or “Old Testament.”

(Louisville: Westminster/John Knox Press, 1994)

(San Francisco: Harper, 1988)

See Ronald S. Hendel, “When the Sons of God Cavorted with the Daughters of Men,” BR 03:02, pp. 22–31, 68.