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  • Kierkegaard: A Single Life by Stephen Backhouse

    I have read Stephen Backhouse, Kierkegaard: A Single Life over Easter. This is arguably the best all-round Kierkegaard biography available for those wanting an introduction to his life and thought in around 300 pages. It was very enjoyable for me. Backhouse is a Christian theologian who clearly loves Kierkegaard as a thinker, but who doesn’t…

  • Ephesians – recommended reading

    As I said in my previous blog post, I struggled through reading and translating the Greek text of Ephesians. What did I find most helpful? As usual, the Greek text I used was The Greek New Testament Fifth revised ed. (Stuttgart Germany: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft/American Bible Society/United Bible Societies, 2014) together with Timothy Friberg, Barbara Friberg…

  • 1-3 John – Recommended reading

    At the moment, I’m reading through the Greek text of, and doing a personal translation, of 1 John. After working through Ephesians, and often feeling at sea with the vocabulary and syntax of it, reading 1 John has built up my confidence again, because it’s relatively easy to read and translate. The Greek text I…