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The personal blog of pastor, grammarian, and runner Brent Niedergall
New Docs Interview: Jim Harrison (Part 2)
This is the second part of my interview with Prof. Jim Harrison. Anyone who knows about the New Documents Illustrating Early Christianity series (commonly abbreviated New Docs) knows these ten books are lexical gold, shedding light onto the words of the New Testament...
New Docs Interview: Jim Harrison (Part 1)
Anyone who knows about the New Documents Illustrating Early Christianity series (commonly abbreviated New Docs) knows these ten books are lexical gold, shedding light onto the words of the New Testament beyond what our lexicons and workbooks offer. (You can read a...
Bottom of the Barrel 2021
Bloggers often recap their most popular posts of the year, but what about the least popular? Continuing last year's tradition, these are the five posts on Niedergall.com from 2021 that received the least amount of traffic. Number Five THE CURSE IN THE COLOPHON:...
Bower Lodge
A Book Review “We who live in wonders / must be blind to wonders.” These lines from the middle of the poem “Right Angles,” from the middle of Paul J. Pastor’s Bower Lodge point to Pastor’s gift for seeing the wonders he lives in. The poems of this new collection from...
Review of Goldingay’s Ecclesiastes
It could just be me, but it seems like there's an uptick in interest surrounding the Book of Ecclesiastes. I’ve been devoting a lot of study time to Ecclesiastes myself, and I recently described it to a friend as the perfect book to read when you're having a mid-life...
Misquoting Jeremiah: A Christmas Post
With Christmas approaching, it’s timely to reflect on Mary’s expression of praise in Luke 1:46–56, known as the Magnificat. Drawing heavily upon Old Testament texts, Mary praises God for His good favor towards her and towards His people in sending Jesus. It’s not a...
The Septuagint: What It Is and Why It Matters
A Book Review There are plenty of good books on the Septuagint, and The Septuagint: What It Is and Why It Matters by Greg Lanier and Will Ross is unquestionably the best one to begin with, but it’s also tremendously valuable for anyone already well-versed on the...
Don’t Do It!
Don't introduce laypeople to verbal aspect theory. via GIPHY Photo by Kaleidico on Unsplash.
Daily Scriptures: 365 Readings in Hebrew, Greek, and Latin
We live in a golden age of books for anyone who wants to read and grow in the biblical languages. There are reader’s editions of the Hebrew Bible, the Greek New Testament, and even the Greek Old Testament. There are lexical aids, devotionals, and even a translation of...
Perhaps
A Book Review If you ever doubt we live in an era of polarization, bellicosity, and vitriol, a quick scroll through what some of the social media posts from the sweetest people in your church might convince you otherwise. Joshua M. McNall’s new book, Perhaps:...