Knowledge with Zeal: Biblical Examples of Using God-Anointed Intellect in His Service

¹¹ John E. Goldingay, Daniel, Word Biblical Commentary, vol. 30, eds. David A. Hubbard and Glenn W. Barker (Dallas: Word Books, 1989), 16.

¹² H.C. Leopold, Exposition of Daniel, (Augsburg Publishing House, 1949, reprint (Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1969), 66.

¹³ Frederick Carlson Holmgren, Israel Alive Again: A Commentary on the Books of Ezra and Nehemiah, International Theological Commentary (Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1987), xv.

¹⁴ Rainey, Anson, “Scribe, Scribes,” in The Zondervan Pictorial Encyclopedia of the Bible, ed. Merrill C. Tenney (Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing Corporation, 1976), 300-301.

¹⁵ C. F. Keil and F. Delitzsch, Commentary on the Old Testament vol. 3 (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 1986), 23.

¹⁶ Mervin Breneman, Ezra Nehemiah Esther: An Exegetical and Theological Exposition of Holy Scripture. The New American Commentary (Nashville: Broadman and Holman Publishers, 1993), 37.

¹⁷ E.M. Blaiklock, “Tarsus,” in The Zondervan Pictorial Encyclopedia of the Bible5, ed. Merrill C Tenney (Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing Company, 1976), 599.

¹⁸ Strabo, Geography, xiv. 5. 12 ff. (673ff.) in F.F. Bruce, Paul: Apostle of the Heart Set Free (Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1977), 35.

¹⁹ Blaiklock, 602.

²⁰ Blaiklock, 602.

²¹ F.F. Bruce, Paul: Apostle, 44.

²² Gerald F. Hawthorne, Philippians, Word Biblical Commentary, vol 43, ed. David A. Hubbard and Glenn W. Barker, (Waco, TX: Word Publishing, 1983), 133.

²³ F.F. Bruce, Paul: Apostle, 43.

²⁴ R.F. Youngblood notes that Paul normally uses the Septuagint when referring to Old Testament passages, he does use the Hebrew text in a number of places in his writings (R.F. Youngblood, “Gamaliel,” in The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, rev. ed. ed. Geoffrey W. Bromily (Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1982), 394.

²⁵ R.N. Longenecker, “Paul the Apostle,” in The Zondervan Encyclopedia of the Bible, ed. Merrill C. Tenney (Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 1976), 625.

²⁶ Youngblood, 394.

²⁷ Brad H. Young, Paul The Jewish Theologian: A Pharisee Among Christian, Jews, and Gentiles (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, Inc., 1997), 9.

²⁸ Merrill C. Tenney, New Testament Survey (Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1961), 304.

²⁹ John R.W. Stott, The Spirit, The Church, and The World: The Message of Acts (Downer’s Grove, IL: Inter-Varsity Press, 1990), 280.

³⁰ F.F. Bruce, Commentary on the Book of Acts, The New International Commentary on the New Testament, ed. F.F. Bruce (Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1979), 352.

³¹ Ibid., 362.

³² Don Richardson, Eternity in Their Hearts, rev. ed (Ventura, CA: Regal Books, 1981), 16-19. Richardson substantiates his story by citing several classical Greek writers: Diogenes Laertius, The Lives of Eminent Philosophers, vol 1, 110; Plato, Laws; an editor’s footnote on Aristotle’s, The Art of Rhetoric, book 3, 17:10 in the Loeb Classical Library, translated by J.H. Freese; Pausanias, Description of Greece, vol. 1, 1:4; and Philostratus, Appolonius of Tyana.

³³ Bruce , Acts (p. 359, footnote 49). notes that Epimenides quote was probably drawn by others from the work of Theodore of Mopsuestia.

³⁴ Bruce, Paul: Apostle, 239.

³⁵ Bruce, Acts, 360.

³⁶ Stott, The Spirit, 286.

³⁷ Nañez, 184-193.

³⁸ Email from Dr. Charles Harris to the author, August 18, 2007.

³⁹ Harry Blamires, The Christian Mind: How Should A Christian Think? (London: S.P.C.K., 1963), 45.

⁴⁰ John R.W. Stott, Involvement: Being a Responsible Christian in a Non-Christian Society (Old Tappan, NJ: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1985), 21-22.

⁴¹ Nañez, 135-143.

⁴² Ibid., 172-179

⁴³ Harold Kohl, “From the President’s Desk,” BBI Gazette, July-August, 1965, 2-12.

⁴⁴ Eli Javier, Pursuing Excellence, Experiencing Renewal: An Agenda for AG Ministerial Training Institutions, lectures notes at the PGCAG Bible School Faculty and Admin Staff Enrichment and Retreat, Tagaytay City, Philippines, May, 2007.

⁴⁵ Ibid.

References Cited

Archer, Gleason L. A Survey of Old Testament Introduction. Chicago: Moody Bible Institute, 1974.

Blaiklock, Edward M. “Tarsus.” In The Zondervan Pictorial Encyclopedia of the Bible. Ed. Merrill C. Tenney. Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 1976.

Blamires, Harry. The Christian Mind: How Should a Christian Think? London: S.P.C.K., 1963.

Bowdle, Donald. “Informed Pentecostalism: An Alternative Paradigm.” In The Spirit and The Mind: Essays in Informed Pentecostalism, Studies in Honor of Donald Bowdle. Eds. Terry L. Cross and Emerson B. Powery. Lanham, MD: University Press of America.

Breneman, Mervin. Ezra Nehemiah Esther: An Exegetical Commentary and Theological Exposition of Holy Scripture. The New American Commentary. Nashville: Broadman and Holman Publishers, 1993.

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Category: Biblical Studies, Spring 2008