Selected Reading, February 29, 2020
Saturday, February 29, 2020 at 3:30AM 
The pickings are slim this week, but I do have these three pieces to recommend to you.
Interpreting Scripture
Context Matters: Leave the Dead to Bury Their Own Dead
How do we interpret this strange saying of Jesus? What does it mean?
In this post, Peter Krol demonstrates how to find clues in the context of this command to help the reader work out its meaning.
Bible Translation
What Is a “Real” Jew (Rom 2:28-29)?
Bill Mounce: “Every once in a while I see a translation where there is no Greek in any form behind the English. I know at times this is necessary for convey meaning, but every once in a while I suspect something else is in play.”
Christian History
Phillis Wheatley (c. 1753-1784) and her Sovereign God
Simonetta Carr: “Whatever moved the Wheatleys to buy the little slave that had just arrived from Africa, it was not her physical strength. Frightened and skinny, with two missing teeth, she looked sickly and frail.”
I linked to another biographical sketch of Phillis Wheatley a few months ago. This one has even more details of the life this faithful Christian poet.
