Papers by Glenn Dire Ph.D.
A survey of English translations of Zechariah 14:21 will yield two diverse interpretive conclusio... more A survey of English translations of Zechariah 14:21 will yield two diverse interpretive conclusions of the text. This difference is founded on how the Hebrew word כְּנַעֲנִי is to be understood within the context. Some opt for the meaning of one who is “a merchant” while others maintain that the word is to be understood as referring to a “Canaanite.” The issue is not merely a lexical one but a theological one. The implications of the interpretive choice effect both the interpretation of the text itself and the theological emphasis of the book as a whole. This thesis will defend the view that “Canaanite” is Zechariah’s intended meaning. This view will be defended by a six-fold accumulative investigation of the text. The six investigative perspectives will be expositional, lexical, structural, chronological, typological, and Biblical Theology. The work will be divided into seven parts with the full Bibliography attached to the last section.
A survey of English translations of Zechariah 14:21 will yield two diverse interpretive conclusio... more A survey of English translations of Zechariah 14:21 will yield two diverse interpretive conclusions of the text. This difference is founded on how the Hebrew word כְּנַעֲנִי is to be understood within the context. Some opt for the meaning of one who is “a merchant” while others maintain that the word is to be understood as referring to a “Canaanite.” The issue is not merely a lexical one but a theological one. The implications of the interpretive choice effect both the interpretation of the text itself and the theological emphasis of the book as a whole. This thesis will defend the view that “Canaanite” is Zechariah’s intended meaning. This view will be defended by a six-fold accumulative investigation of the text. The six investigative perspectives will be expositional, lexical, structural, chronological, typological, and Biblical Theology. The work will be divided into seven parts with the full Bibliography attached to the last section.
A survey of English translations of Zechariah 14:21 will yield two diverse interpretive conclusio... more A survey of English translations of Zechariah 14:21 will yield two diverse interpretive conclusions of the text. This difference is founded on how the Hebrew word כְּנַעֲנִי is to be understood within the context. Some opt for the meaning of one who is “a merchant” while others maintain that the word is to be understood as referring to a “Canaanite.” The issue is not merely a lexical one but a theological one. The implications of the interpretive choice effect both the interpretation of the text itself and the theological emphasis of the book as a whole. This thesis will defend the view that “Canaanite” is Zechariah’s intended meaning. This view will be defended by a six-fold accumulative investigation of the text. The six investigative perspectives will be expositional, lexical, structural, chronological, typological, and Biblical Theology. The work will be divided into seven parts with the full Bibliography attached to the last section.
A survey of English translations of Zechariah 14:21 will yield two diverse interpretive conclusio... more A survey of English translations of Zechariah 14:21 will yield two diverse interpretive conclusions of the text. This difference is founded on how the Hebrew word כְּנַעֲנִי is to be understood within the context. Some opt for the meaning of one who is “a merchant” while others maintain that the word is to be understood as referring to a “Canaanite.” The issue is not merely a lexical one but a theological one. The implications of the interpretive choice effect both the interpretation of the text itself and the theological emphasis of the book as a whole. This thesis will defend the view that “Canaanite” is Zechariah’s intended meaning. This view will be defended by a six-fold accumulative investigation of the text. The six investigative perspectives will be expositional, lexical, structural, chronological, typological, and Biblical Theology. The work will be divided into seven parts with the full Bibliography attached to the last section.
Thesis Chapters by Glenn Dire Ph.D.
A survey of English translations of Zechariah 14:21 will yield two diverse interpretive conclusio... more A survey of English translations of Zechariah 14:21 will yield two diverse interpretive conclusions of the text. This difference is founded on how the Hebrew word כְּנַעֲנִי is to be understood within the context. Some opt for the meaning of one who is “a merchant” while others maintain that the word is to be understood as referring to a “Canaanite.” The issue is not merely a lexical one but a theological one. The implications of the interpretive choice effect both the interpretation of the text itself and the theological emphasis of the book as a whole. This thesis will defend the view that “Canaanite” is Zechariah’s intended meaning. This view will be defended by a six-fold accumulative investigation of the text. The six investigative perspectives will be expositional, lexical, structural, chronological, typological, and Biblical Theology. The work will be divided into seven parts with the full Bibliography attached to the last section.
A survey of English translations of Zechariah 14:21 will yield two diverse interpretive conclusio... more A survey of English translations of Zechariah 14:21 will yield two diverse interpretive conclusions of the text. This difference is founded on how the Hebrew word כְּנַעֲנִי is to be understood within the context. Some opt for the meaning of one who is “a merchant” while others maintain that the word is to be understood as referring to a “Canaanite.” The issue is not merely a lexical one but a theological one. The implications of the interpretive choice effect both the interpretation of the text itself and the theological emphasis of the book as a whole. This thesis will defend the view that “Canaanite” is Zechariah’s intended meaning. This view will be defended by a six-fold accumulative investigation of the text. The six investigative perspectives will be expositional, lexical, structural, chronological, typological, and Biblical Theology. The work will be divided into seven parts with the full Bibliography attached to the last section.
A survey of English translations of Zechariah 14:21 will yield two diverse interpretive conclusio... more A survey of English translations of Zechariah 14:21 will yield two diverse interpretive conclusions of the text. This difference is founded on how the Hebrew word כְּנַעֲנִי is to be understood within the context. Some opt for the meaning of one who is “a merchant” while others maintain that the word is to be understood as referring to a “Canaanite.” The issue is not merely a lexical one but a theological one. The implications of the interpretive choice effect both the interpretation of the text itself and the theological emphasis of the book as a whole. This thesis will defend the view that “Canaanite” is Zechariah’s intended meaning. This view will be defended by a six-fold accumulative investigation of the text. The six investigative perspectives will be expositional, lexical, structural, chronological, typological, and Biblical Theology. The work will be divided into seven parts with the full Bibliography attached to the last section.
Conference Presentations by Glenn Dire Ph.D.
John 2:1-12: The Temptation & Fall of Adam echoed in the Miracle at Cana, 2020
John's Gospel does not record Jesus' wilderness temptation. However, John does provide a temptat... more John's Gospel does not record Jesus' wilderness temptation. However, John does provide a temptation event in a way that demonstrates Jesus as the Second and Last Adam. The event also appears where one would expect to find the wilderness temptation in the Gospel. This paper seeks to prove the intertextuality between the wedding at Cana in John 2:1-12 and Genesis 3. At the same time, it seeks to demonstrate that intertextuality does not need to be merely an academic exercise but rather can and does serve an evangelical (and apologetical) purpose.
Union School of Theology, 2019
The thesis is a refutation aimed against the use of theocratic presuppositions concerning Israel ... more The thesis is a refutation aimed against the use of theocratic presuppositions concerning Israel in Biblical debates, especially pro-theocratic. This paper traces the word's origin and its varied arbitrary definitions for the purpose of demonstrating its invalidity within theological argumentation. It also argues for a more biblical language to be applied to Israel: That of the Covenant and its law which was given to her at Mt. Sinai.
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Papers by Glenn Dire Ph.D.
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