The Gospel reading for this week is Luke 2:46-49: “Now so it was that after three days they found Him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, […]
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Author: Fr Yuhanna Azize
Carson’s “Exegetical Fallacies,” (Third and final part)
Perhaps the most important chapter in the book is this one: “Logical Fallacies.” The first error is “false disjunctions.” For example, someone said that where St Matthew follows St Mark […]
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The Birth of John the Baptist
Luke 1:57-66 Now Elizabeth’s full time came for her to be delivered, and she brought forth a son. When her neighbours and relatives heard how the Lord had shown great […]
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Second Sunday of Advent
The Second Sunday of Advent The Introit (Isaiah 30:30) People of Zion, behold the Lord shall come to save the nations: and the Lord shall make the glory of His […]
Read moreReview of “Exegetical Fallacies,” D.A. Carson, Pt II
We have almost finished chapter 2, on word-fallacies. Carson’s treatment of what I would call the mystical language of St John’s Gospel is worth reading, when one wants to study […]
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The First Sunday of Advent
The Introit (Psalm 24:1-3) To you have I lifted up my soul. In you, O God, I put my trust. Let me not be ashamed; neither let my enemies laugh […]
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The Visitation to Elizabeth (Mary’s Journeying)
Mary’s Journeying, or in Western Christianity, the Visitation of Our Lady to her Cousin Elizabeth is the third week of the Maronite Season of the Nativity or the Announcement. It […]
Read moreReview, Exegetical Fallacies, D. A. Carson
Exegetical Fallacies, 2nd edition, D(onald) A(rthur) Carson, Baker Academic, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1996 (142 pp. + indices) “Exegesis” is the interpretation and explanation of something. It is very often used […]
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The Announcement to Mary (The Annunciation)
The Announcement to Mary is the second week of the Maronite Season of the Nativity or the Announcement. When we discussed the Announcement to Zechariah we said something about the […]
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The Last Sunday after Pentecost
The Last Sunday After Pentecost Introit: (Jeremiah 29:11, 12, and 14) Thus says the Lord: “I think thoughts of peace, and not of affliction: you shall call upon Me, and […]
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