https://hastac.hcommons.org/members/collincornell/activity/ Activity feed for Collin Cornell. Sun, 05 Apr 2026 04:36:49 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=10.6.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 af5bd0ce8a42ba6571f66eb5703a63f7 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1924518/ Mon, 04 Aug 2025 16:17:47 +0000 0 a51afde1421609631f1751016166fdd7 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1868230/ Sat, 16 Dec 2023 03:01:07 +0000 The present article challenges Walter C. Kaiser, Jr’s influential proposal for evangelical Old Testament missiology. Out of concern to avoid an understanding of “Israel as God’s favored or pet nation,” Kaiser argues that God’s promise to Abraham in Gen 12:3 is for the sake of all nations, and as such, “the first Great Commission mandate of…[Read more]

]]> 0 8a522765b668da297898715ca2389b84 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1868229/ Sat, 16 Dec 2023 03:01:06 +0000 The present article challenges Walter C. Kaiser, Jr’s influential proposal for evangelical Old Testament missiology. Out of concern to avoid an understanding of “Israel as God’s favored or pet nation,” Kaiser argues that God’s promise to Abraham in Gen 12:3 is for the sake of all nations, and as such, “the first Great Commission mandate of…[Read more]

]]> 0 0283fea0c6f43ff83ba95b55a39edf86 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1868228/ Sat, 16 Dec 2023 03:01:01 +0000 The present article challenges Walter C. Kaiser, Jr’s influential proposal for evangelical Old Testament missiology. Out of concern to avoid an understanding of “Israel as God’s favored or pet nation,” Kaiser argues that God’s promise to Abraham in Gen 12:3 is for the sake of all nations, and as such, “the first Great Commission mandate of…[Read more]

]]> 0 74ee9d08f7a0d147a83ce95e32d82158 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1868142/ Fri, 15 Dec 2023 14:51:30 +0000 The present article challenges Walter C. Kaiser, Jr’s influential proposal for evangelical Old Testament missiology. Out of concern to avoid an understanding of “Israel as God’s favored or pet nation,” Kaiser argues that God’s promise to Abraham in Gen 12:3 is for the sake of all nations, and as such, “the first Great Commission mandate of…[Read more]

]]> 0 9df68dfb6898ded13a4bc50a6190c27d https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1850682/ Thu, 29 Jun 2023 17:35:08 +0000 0 ac00b13f5e6480bd4777b4e7207f78a1 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1848937/ Sat, 10 Jun 2023 02:24:04 +0000 This is a review essay, originally contributed to a blog symposium, responding to the publication of Philip G. Ziegler’s book entitled Militant Grace: The Apocalyptic Turn and the Future of Christian Theology.

]]> 0 4fecef76746e039d4d8437676fc6efc3 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1848936/ Sat, 10 Jun 2023 02:23:55 +0000 This is a review essay, originally contributed to a blog symposium, responding to the publication of Philip G. Ziegler’s book entitled Militant Grace: The Apocalyptic Turn and the Future of Christian Theology.

]]> 0 13ca83dd14476bdf4428c71ee1300880 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1848880/ Fri, 09 Jun 2023 14:47:27 +0000 This is a review essay, originally contributed to a blog symposium, responding to the publication of Philip G. Ziegler’s book entitled Militant Grace: The Apocalyptic Turn and the Future of Christian Theology.

]]> 0 393a530f8b0bbce7981ea967f36850f8 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1848493/ Wed, 07 Jun 2023 02:24:59 +0000 What is the contribution of Psalm 45 within its canonical context? What is Psalm 45 doing in, and what is it doing for, the First Korahite Collection (Pss. 42–49)? These are the questions this article engages. In common with scholarship on the “shape and shaping” of the Psalter, the article seeks a form of coherency across the First Korahite Colle…[Read more]

]]> 0 fabbfc6676a97ab3efe0361e693ddcf4 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1848492/ Wed, 07 Jun 2023 02:24:50 +0000 What is the contribution of Psalm 45 within its canonical context? What is Psalm 45 doing in, and what is it doing for, the First Korahite Collection (Pss. 42–49)? These are the questions this article engages. In common with scholarship on the “shape and shaping” of the Psalter, the article seeks a form of coherency across the First Korahite Colle…[Read more]

]]> 0 aafd82fbe091989f4dc407ff06129e44 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1848444/ Tue, 06 Jun 2023 19:10:19 +0000 What is the contribution of Psalm 45 within its canonical context? What is Psalm 45 doing in, and what is it doing for, the First Korahite Collection (Pss. 42–49)? These are the questions this article engages. In common with scholarship on the “shape and shaping” of the Psalter, the article seeks a form of coherency across the First Korahite Colle…[Read more]

]]> 0 8548514fc2816d213da4c82113a789d5 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1817115/ Mon, 10 Oct 2022 13:15:54 +0000 0 a83927a68b392c5a63aa202aa2d2c515 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1817114/ Mon, 10 Oct 2022 13:13:44 +0000 0 bbf7c921d6a7e7cdba0b88f975ac21f4 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1790050/ Thu, 11 Aug 2022 02:23:49 +0000 Biblical Aramaic accounts for a small fraction within the two-testament Christian Bible. Studying it would seem therefore to present a modest value for biblical studies, and Egyptian Aramaic, a nonbiblical counterpart from the same historical era, even more so. The present article argues, however, that comparing Egyptian Aramaic with biblical…[Read more]

]]> 0 ecc9a3a5656ada9a0bb34cc9c717f3f6 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1790049/ Thu, 11 Aug 2022 02:23:42 +0000 Biblical Aramaic accounts for a small fraction within the two-testament Christian Bible. Studying it would seem therefore to present a modest value for biblical studies, and Egyptian Aramaic, a nonbiblical counterpart from the same historical era, even more so. The present article argues, however, that comparing Egyptian Aramaic with biblical…[Read more]

]]> 0 24773a31a4fa94ddaea194d5ac138695 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1790048/ Thu, 11 Aug 2022 02:23:38 +0000 Biblical Aramaic accounts for a small fraction within the two-testament Christian Bible. Studying it would seem therefore to present a modest value for biblical studies, and Egyptian Aramaic, a nonbiblical counterpart from the same historical era, even more so. The present article argues, however, that comparing Egyptian Aramaic with biblical…[Read more]

]]> 0 533a70d31d114fa7e73d8005862ddd6d https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1789960/ Wed, 10 Aug 2022 13:44:48 +0000 Biblical Aramaic accounts for a small fraction within the two-testament Christian Bible. Studying it would seem therefore to present a modest value for biblical studies, and Egyptian Aramaic, a nonbiblical counterpart from the same historical era, even more so. The present article argues, however, that comparing Egyptian Aramaic with biblical…[Read more]

]]> 0 61ed65a31ae55703b30fa1befc6c80a9 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1785942/ Thu, 07 Jul 2022 17:28:05 +0000 0 e9deba2d9967f8461c8819a71af1cdbe https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1744347/ Wed, 30 Jun 2021 13:51:52 +0000 0 3b2816fe0393ae16f1deac8e4ac69447 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1720307/ Fri, 18 Dec 2020 02:24:24 +0000 This article examines the Costobar Affair, a narrative aside in Josephus’s Jewish Antiquities and a moment in the history of Idumeans, to revisit the parting of the ways and the relationship of early Judaism and early Chistianity to their next-door neighbors in other Hellenistic Levantine traditions (such as “Idumaism”).

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]]> 0 2c189a94f8973703520de335df448148 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1720305/ Fri, 18 Dec 2020 02:24:19 +0000 This article examines the Costobar Affair, a narrative aside in Josephus’s Jewish Antiquities and a moment in the history of Idumeans, to revisit the parting of the ways and the relationship of early Judaism and early Chistianity to their next-door neighbors in other Hellenistic Levantine traditions (such as “Idumaism”).

]]> 0 e035a11c0edef4f68dcde983d5308414 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1720223/ Thu, 17 Dec 2020 13:55:12 +0000 This article examines the Costobar Affair, a narrative aside in Josephus’s Jewish Antiquities and a moment in the history of Idumeans, to revisit the parting of the ways and the relationship of early Judaism and early Chistianity to their next-door neighbors in other Hellenistic Levantine traditions (such as “Idumaism”).

]]> 0 67fab55b8570b422fe2ffa5660302f54 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1705584/ Tue, 18 Aug 2020 02:23:55 +0000 A review of Karel van der Toorn’s Becoming Diaspora Jews: Behind the Story of Elephantine (Anchor Bible Reference Library). New Haven: Yale University Press, 2019. Pp xi, 270. Hardcover: $65. ISBN: 9780300243512.

]]> 0 aa5acd7adf8cbcb0d4c4333dbb01d09c https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1705583/ Tue, 18 Aug 2020 02:23:51 +0000 A review of Karel van der Toorn’s Becoming Diaspora Jews: Behind the Story of Elephantine (Anchor Bible Reference Library). New Haven: Yale University Press, 2019. Pp xi, 270. Hardcover: $65. ISBN: 9780300243512.

]]> 0 aa5acd7adf8cbcb0d4c4333dbb01d09c https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1705582/ Tue, 18 Aug 2020 02:23:51 +0000 A review of Karel van der Toorn’s Becoming Diaspora Jews: Behind the Story of Elephantine (Anchor Bible Reference Library). New Haven: Yale University Press, 2019. Pp xi, 270. Hardcover: $65. ISBN: 9780300243512.

]]> 0 8d2c7ed3cf045280d806b7264d4f53d9 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1705581/ Tue, 18 Aug 2020 02:23:43 +0000 Julius Wellhausen proposed a “sharp break” between ancient Israelite religion and early Judaism: for him, the eighth-century prophets were the “spiritual destroyers of old Israel” and the forerunners of early Judaism. The biblical theologian Brevard Childs rejected Wellhausen’s reconstruction and insisted instead that “very strong theological…[Read more]

]]> 0 1217074d86cf0b9d713798d5639e3232 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1705580/ Tue, 18 Aug 2020 02:23:42 +0000 Julius Wellhausen proposed a “sharp break” between ancient Israelite religion and early Judaism: for him, the eighth-century prophets were the “spiritual destroyers of old Israel” and the forerunners of early Judaism. The biblical theologian Brevard Childs rejected Wellhausen’s reconstruction and insisted instead that “very strong theological…[Read more]

]]> 0 555992bf05cfe3bcc4dd02ebc1cd3422 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1705579/ Tue, 18 Aug 2020 02:23:38 +0000 Julius Wellhausen proposed a “sharp break” between ancient Israelite religion and early Judaism: for him, the eighth-century prophets were the “spiritual destroyers of old Israel” and the forerunners of early Judaism. The biblical theologian Brevard Childs rejected Wellhausen’s reconstruction and insisted instead that “very strong theological…[Read more]

]]> 0 8b29382724c2290a35c2e5031212a347 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1705508/ Mon, 17 Aug 2020 14:32:14 +0000 A review of Karel van der Toorn’s Becoming Diaspora Jews: Behind the Story of Elephantine (Anchor Bible Reference Library). New Haven: Yale University Press, 2019. Pp xi, 270. Hardcover: $65. ISBN: 9780300243512.

]]> 0 99c87067fa1858185ff99f09d0988b9c https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1705505/ Mon, 17 Aug 2020 14:20:34 +0000 Julius Wellhausen proposed a “sharp break” between ancient Israelite religion and early Judaism: for him, the eighth-century prophets were the “spiritual destroyers of old Israel” and the forerunners of early Judaism. The biblical theologian Brevard Childs rejected Wellhausen’s reconstruction and insisted instead that “very strong theological…[Read more]

]]> 0 954aa04e2ed7e06bf1a41a9b19a07289 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1705469/ Sun, 16 Aug 2020 15:13:31 +0000 0 c76e0dcc67a454016de60346f7bb1864 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1702949/ Sun, 26 Jul 2020 01:27:26 +0000 0 83ca6a33a2310c61d70053d45e8ec9cd https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1676622/ Wed, 29 Jan 2020 20:18:52 +0000 0 60cfa4f8a93bf6d90dea3e7d57085b84 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1666566/ Tue, 15 Oct 2019 16:25:25 +0000 In spite of renewed scholarly interest in the religion of Judeans living on the island of Elephantine during the Persian period, only one recent study has addressed the religious significance of the fired clay female figurines discovered there. The present article seeks to place these objects back on the research agenda. After summarizing the…[Read more]

]]> 0 6c087205e3d2ad7a2e0cf4ee6893ae23 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1666565/ Tue, 15 Oct 2019 16:25:23 +0000 In spite of renewed scholarly interest in the religion of Judeans living on the island of Elephantine during the Persian period, only one recent study has addressed the religious significance of the fired clay female figurines discovered there. The present article seeks to place these objects back on the research agenda. After summarizing the…[Read more]

]]> 0 b81d46ffc7adade1e805902051b9cec4 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1666564/ Tue, 15 Oct 2019 16:25:21 +0000 In spite of renewed scholarly interest in the religion of Judeans living on the island of Elephantine during the Persian period, only one recent study has addressed the religious significance of the fired clay female figurines discovered there. The present article seeks to place these objects back on the research agenda. After summarizing the…[Read more]

]]> 0 0159a380855c08bf6c3096835fa1c5e4 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1666472/ Mon, 14 Oct 2019 18:07:13 +0000 In spite of renewed scholarly interest in the religion of Judeans living on the island of Elephantine during the Persian period, only one recent study has addressed the religious significance of the fired clay female figurines discovered there. The present article seeks to place these objects back on the research agenda. After summarizing the…[Read more]

]]> 0 10fead75b4b259be1ffa7e0bb255208a https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1666470/ Mon, 14 Oct 2019 18:01:43 +0000 0 d58dc6ab1208fc28f9502dbc51c60376 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1629764/ Sat, 19 Jan 2019 16:31:48 +0000 0 b659788dc79a36c81bc60483d05134a1 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1623400/ Fri, 09 Nov 2018 22:00:27 +0000 0 06178ed419b445f9059bb27a3059f4fb https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1602629/ Tue, 06 Mar 2018 04:15:12 +0000 A review of Sören Petershans’s revised dissertation entitled Offenbarung des Namens und versöhntes Leben: Eine Untersuchung zur Gotteslehre bei Kornelis Heiko Miskotte, Arbeiten zur Systematischen Theologie 11 (Leipzig: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, 2016).

]]> 0 06178ed419b445f9059bb27a3059f4fb https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1602628/ Tue, 06 Mar 2018 04:15:12 +0000 A review of Sören Petershans’s revised dissertation entitled Offenbarung des Namens und versöhntes Leben: Eine Untersuchung zur Gotteslehre bei Kornelis Heiko Miskotte, Arbeiten zur Systematischen Theologie 11 (Leipzig: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, 2016).

]]> 0 e878adf146f5d92e768b37cbb6f12ca6 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1602627/ Tue, 06 Mar 2018 04:15:11 +0000 A review of Sören Petershans’s revised dissertation entitled Offenbarung des Namens und versöhntes Leben: Eine Untersuchung zur Gotteslehre bei Kornelis Heiko Miskotte, Arbeiten zur Systematischen Theologie 11 (Leipzig: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, 2016).

]]> 0 3c35747c94a3901f349d07a894107392 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1602580/ Mon, 05 Mar 2018 17:02:05 +0000 A review of Sören Petershans’s revised dissertation entitled Offenbarung des Namens und versöhntes Leben: Eine Untersuchung zur Gotteslehre bei Kornelis Heiko Miskotte, Arbeiten zur Systematischen Theologie 11 (Leipzig: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, 2016).

]]> 0 5ff4acb400e1249346d955979b3acffb https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1602542/ Mon, 05 Mar 2018 12:44:29 +0000 0 d57f67edb5d6b409fdda3804cf9c3cfd https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1596713/ Fri, 12 Jan 2018 19:25:27 +0000 0 489a96d89373cfa61cc73d3a88cc3c9e https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1573046/ Sat, 03 Jun 2017 01:00:09 +0000 Job 38:8-11 plays an important role in the first divine speech at the end of Job. This article makes a text-critical and literary argument that the stanza primarily emphasizes God’s powerful control over the Sea, in continuity with the preceding poetic unit whose theme is God’s singular power and Job’s incommensurability. However, vv 8-11 also…[Read more]

]]> 0 489a96d89373cfa61cc73d3a88cc3c9e https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1573045/ Sat, 03 Jun 2017 01:00:09 +0000 Job 38:8-11 plays an important role in the first divine speech at the end of Job. This article makes a text-critical and literary argument that the stanza primarily emphasizes God’s powerful control over the Sea, in continuity with the preceding poetic unit whose theme is God’s singular power and Job’s incommensurability. However, vv 8-11 also…[Read more]

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