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« Previous EntriesBible Study: Exodus 1-15
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008We recently deiced we wanted to have a weekly Bible study here a work and I’ve been asked to start if off.
I think I’m going to do Exodus 1-15 broken into 4 weeks, it’ll be pretty condensed but I didn’t want it to (and can’t have it) drag on forever either.
The main goal I’ve been […]
Leviticus 15: Is Sex Unclean?
Friday, April 11th, 2008Note: You might not want read this if you are a “sensitive” sexual talk …
The JTS has an interesting commentary this week by Rabbi David Ackerman, based on Leviticus 14:1-15:33 in which he discusses the apparent Levitical notion of sex equating “uncleanliness,” even within “traditional” marriage.
If a man lies with a woman and has […]
Latest Read: Ancient Near Eastern Thought and the Old Testament
Thursday, April 10th, 2008Ancient Near Eastern Thought and the Old TestamentBy John H. Walton
So far it’s quite good, and I rather like Walton’s style — he also has an interesting lecture I recently listened to in which he discusses the meaning of Genesis 1 & 2 during a “Science Symposium” at Wheaton where he teaches.
Hint: he doesn’t […]
On Mendenhall: Exodus 15
Thursday, April 10th, 2008Somewhat in honor David Noel Freedman who sadly recently passed away [links: 1,2,3,4,5] I thought I’d tackle a subject Mendenhall discusses in his book and that Freedman (and Cross) wrote a journal article for JNES about in 1955, mainly Exodus 15:1-21 or “The Song of Moses” also known as “the Song of the […]
On Mendenhall: Introduction
Thursday, April 10th, 2008I’m not sure what to call this series, its loosely based off notes I jotted down while reading George E. Mendenhall’s Ancient Israel’s Faith and History: An Introduction to the Bible in Context which is far too long a title to put in a blog post so I’ll just reference Mendenhall himself in the post […]
Happy Birthday Leningrad Codex!
Wednesday, April 9th, 2008The Leningrad Codex is the basis of Biblia Hebraica and Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia and is the oldest complete Hebrew Bible still preserved.
Is it “really” it’s birthday, who knows but “according to its colophon” the codex was — well ‘dexed — in 1008 AD (but maybe more like 1010 AD) making it 1,000 years old today […]
Douglas Stuart: Isaiah’s Use of Mot
Wednesday, August 30th, 2006I found this passage from Dr. Douglas Stuart’s OT500: Old Testament Survey on Biblical Training.
Isaiah even goes so far as to take some Canaanite mythic themes and reuse them, cleansing them. This is a very interesting phenomenon. Back in chapter 5, which I was reading, there is a place where he talks about Mot, which […]
The Exodus Decoded
Monday, August 28th, 2006I’m currently in the process of watching The Exodus Decoded which I have to say is wonderfully done … theatrically at least. I’ve only gotten about a quarter of the way through the program but I have to say so far share Hershel Shanks’ view:
“I loved it. I was engrossed the entire time. It […]
Eugene Peterson On The Message
Monday, August 28th, 2006I forgot to post this last week, but Pastors.com (I actually had a meeting at their offices last week) has posted an interesting article by Eugene Peterson on his Bible paraphrase The Message.
Here is a little tid-bit:
I was translating for the saints and sinners who were trying to find their way in the […]
“… I will make him a helper suitable for him.”
Tuesday, August 8th, 2006Chris Heard posted a well thought out — as usual — response to both Jim and Joe’s commentary on … “Sin of Sodom” to sum it up Dr. Heard says:
The “sin of Sodom” per Genesis 19 has to do with using sexual cruelty and violence to oppress and demean outsiders.
He then goes on to say […]
Michael Barber on FoxNews
Saturday, July 29th, 2006Michael Barber discussed the Apocalypse on “Heartland” on the FoxNews Channel tonight. Here is a clip in case you missed it. You will need Flash 8 or 9 installed on your computer.
Click here.
HT: Cafe Apocalypsis
188-year-old Bible Found in Trash
Friday, July 28th, 2006One man’s trash …
DANVILLE, Va. - A Virginia electrician who drops off trash at a dump bin near Danville sometimes browses a bit, and he recently came up with a rare discovery.
Michael Hoskins says he found a 188-year-old King James Bible — and he’s turning down offers for it approaching one thousand dollars.
Hoskins tells The […]
Rabbi Gellman: No Spiritual Defense For Eating Meat
Thursday, April 20th, 2006Put down that hambuger! Don’t take a bite of that chicken nugget …
“…because there is simply no spiritual defense in either the Western or Eastern religious traditions for eating meat.”
Thus starts off Rabbi Marc Gellman’s latest Newsweek column.
“I have long believed that the Torah was not just given by God, but given by God on […]
James 1: Abiding Under Trials
Thursday, March 16th, 2006I’ve been thinking a lot about a certain passage in the Epistle of James lately, namely James 1:12-15. It’s a rather simple concept, but in all honestly a pretty hard act to follow. It’s one of those ‘no duh’ sayings — but a rather telling one at the same time. The first part […]
Handwritten Bibles Back En Vogue?
Monday, February 6th, 2006Apparently handwritten Bibles are the new in thing, just don’t expect to get one anytime soon.
Calligrapher and Queen’s scribe Donald Jackson is producing the first handwritten Bible since the invention of the printing press.
Mr. Jackson, based in Monmouthshire, is five years into the eight-year, £2m project commissioned by Benedictine monks in the United States.
Mr. Jackson, […]