Author: Matthew Colvin

Commentary, Ad Fontes

Divination and Philosophy in the Letters of Paul: A Review

Matthew Colvin — August 14, 2023

Divination and Philosophy in the Letters of Paul: A Review

Matthew Colvin resists a new book's attempts to blur the lines between Christian revelation and pagan divinization.

Scripture, Hellenism, and Hebraism: Biblical Philosophy and Paul and the Giants of Philosophy: A Review

Matthew Colvin — August 8, 2022

Scripture, Hellenism, and Hebraism: Biblical Philosophy and Paul and the Giants of Philosophy: A Review

Two books on the relationship between Scripture and Greek Philosophy

The Real Origins of Church Offices: Jewish and Greco-Roman Context for the Pastoral Epistles

Matthew Colvin — June 7, 2022

The Real Origins of Church Offices: Jewish and Greco-Roman Context for the Pastoral Epistles

Can historical context break the deadlock on endless church polity debates?

Bacchanalomania

Matthew Colvin — May 16, 2022

Bacchanalomania

A new book vastly overstates parallels between the Eucharist and the Dionysus cult

Foucault and the Hope of Resurrection

Matthew Colvin — July 21, 2020

Foucault and the Hope of Resurrection

Patrick Stefan achieves a startling and convincing reading of early church history using Foucault's thought.