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Papers by David Pettus

Research paper thumbnail of Israel the Apple of God's Eye

Research paper thumbnail of Ministering to the Agora into the Twenty-First Century

Research paper thumbnail of Review: Review of Micah, Nahum, Zephaniah, Habakkuk, and Zephaniah in NAC

Research paper thumbnail of Review of Know Your God: The Doctrine of God in the Pentateuch by Linleigh J. Roberts

Research paper thumbnail of A Canonical-Critical Study of Selected Traditions in the Book of Joel

The book of Joel presents a myriad of problems to the honest interpreter. For example, the inabil... more The book of Joel presents a myriad of problems to the honest interpreter. For example, the inability to date firmly the book makes it exceedingly difficult to find an original meaning for the work. In addition, the failure of scholars to come to a consensus on the connection between the locust plague and the Day of Yahweh theme in the book exacerbates the interpretive problems further. This dissertation is an attempt to elucidate the meaning of the book of Joel by focusing on the Day of Yahweh and its subthemes in the book via the methodology of canonical criticism. Canonical criticism claims to offer a way out of the single original meaning impasse in interpreting a text. Brevard Childs solves the single meaning dilemma by transferring the authoritative meaning to the canonical meaning of the final form of the text as shaped and passed on by the believing community. James Sanders rejects any single meaning in the tradition process as normative and wants to catalog all the meanings ...

Research paper thumbnail of Review: Joel: a New Translation with Introduction and Commentary

Research paper thumbnail of Abraham's Royal Seed in Genesis

Research paper thumbnail of Reading a Protoevangelium in the Context of Genesis

Research paper thumbnail of How Should We Then Live? The Rise and Decline of Western Thought and Culture by Francis A. Schaeffer

Research paper thumbnail of Articles on "Biblical Criticism", "Kabbalah

Research paper thumbnail of Some Believing Community Readings of the Book of Joel

Research paper thumbnail of Quo Vadis: A Narrative of the Time of Nero by Henry Sienkiewicz

Research paper thumbnail of An Obama Presidency + a Democratic Congressional Majority: Six Predictions on His Recipe for Change

Research paper thumbnail of Tofal Depravity VS Utter Depravity

Research paper thumbnail of Reading a Protoevangelium in the Context of Genesis

Research paper thumbnail of Universism: A Religion of Know Nothings?

Research paper thumbnail of Review: Joel by James Crenshaw

Research paper thumbnail of A Few More Nails for the DaVinci Code Coffin

Research paper thumbnail of Review: Joel: a New Translation with Introduction and Commentary

Faculty Publications and Presentations, 1999

Research paper thumbnail of Review of Know Your God: The Doctrine of God in the Pentateuch by Linleigh J. Roberts

Research paper thumbnail of Israel the Apple of God's Eye

Research paper thumbnail of Ministering to the Agora into the Twenty-First Century

Research paper thumbnail of Review: Review of Micah, Nahum, Zephaniah, Habakkuk, and Zephaniah in NAC

Research paper thumbnail of Review of Know Your God: The Doctrine of God in the Pentateuch by Linleigh J. Roberts

Research paper thumbnail of A Canonical-Critical Study of Selected Traditions in the Book of Joel

The book of Joel presents a myriad of problems to the honest interpreter. For example, the inabil... more The book of Joel presents a myriad of problems to the honest interpreter. For example, the inability to date firmly the book makes it exceedingly difficult to find an original meaning for the work. In addition, the failure of scholars to come to a consensus on the connection between the locust plague and the Day of Yahweh theme in the book exacerbates the interpretive problems further. This dissertation is an attempt to elucidate the meaning of the book of Joel by focusing on the Day of Yahweh and its subthemes in the book via the methodology of canonical criticism. Canonical criticism claims to offer a way out of the single original meaning impasse in interpreting a text. Brevard Childs solves the single meaning dilemma by transferring the authoritative meaning to the canonical meaning of the final form of the text as shaped and passed on by the believing community. James Sanders rejects any single meaning in the tradition process as normative and wants to catalog all the meanings ...

Research paper thumbnail of Review: Joel: a New Translation with Introduction and Commentary

Research paper thumbnail of Abraham's Royal Seed in Genesis

Research paper thumbnail of Reading a Protoevangelium in the Context of Genesis

Research paper thumbnail of How Should We Then Live? The Rise and Decline of Western Thought and Culture by Francis A. Schaeffer

Research paper thumbnail of Articles on "Biblical Criticism", "Kabbalah

Research paper thumbnail of Some Believing Community Readings of the Book of Joel

Research paper thumbnail of Quo Vadis: A Narrative of the Time of Nero by Henry Sienkiewicz

Research paper thumbnail of An Obama Presidency + a Democratic Congressional Majority: Six Predictions on His Recipe for Change

Research paper thumbnail of Tofal Depravity VS Utter Depravity

Research paper thumbnail of Reading a Protoevangelium in the Context of Genesis

Research paper thumbnail of Universism: A Religion of Know Nothings?

Research paper thumbnail of Review: Joel by James Crenshaw

Research paper thumbnail of A Few More Nails for the DaVinci Code Coffin

Research paper thumbnail of Review: Joel: a New Translation with Introduction and Commentary

Faculty Publications and Presentations, 1999

Research paper thumbnail of Review of Know Your God: The Doctrine of God in the Pentateuch by Linleigh J. Roberts