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Latest Read: Ancient Near Eastern Thought and the Old Testament

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

Ancient 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, 2008

Somewhat 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, 2008

I’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 […]