Jeremy Thompson

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  • Name Changes in the Bible

    Going to be teaching on Genesis 32 tonight where Jacob’s name is changed to Israel.  And, I just started trying to recall some significant name changes in the Bible off the top of my head for illustration purposes.  Here goes: Abram -> Abraham Sarai -> Sarah Jacob -> Israel Joseph -> Zaphenath-paneah Ben-Oni -> Benjamin…

  • Daniel McClellan on Monotheism and Other Gods in the Hebrew Bible

    I have posted a number of times in the past about examples of henotheism in the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible.  HERE is a post by Daniel McClellan in which he goes into a significant amount of detail on the topic.  I am one who was trained in the manner of Wiggins who he cites in the…

  • Harriet A. Harris on Fundamentalism and Evangelicals

    Recently, I posted pointed out what I felt was an instance of fundamentalism on the Desiring God blog. And, after a bit of conversation on FaceBook I think it might be helpful to explain the way that I use the term fundamentalism. For this term, I follow the approach of Harriet A. Harris who has…

  • Terence E. Fretheim on God and Violence in the Old Testament

    HERE is a link to a helpful article by Terence E. Fretheim in Word and World (Vo1. 24.1, 2004) on “God and Violence in the Old Testament.”  I will try to summarize Fretheim’s points the best that I can: Violence is both an Old Testament and New Testament phenomenon.  I recommend checking out the footnotes…

  • Adding Some Topical Pages to the Site

    I’m adding some topical pages to the site for those who might want to browse in that manner.  Just getting started with it, but I hope it is a help to some users.  So far, I’ve got a few links up on these pages The Old Testament (General), Books About the Old Testament, The Books…

  • Alright – Old Testament Lectionary Readings Back

    Thank goodness.  Old Testament lectionary readings start back again on Tuesday.  Now, I will have a little bit of structure back to my blog writing.  Not that I haven’t enjoyed the randomness.

  • Chris Brady on "Myth"

    I will not be blogging anything of my own today considering I am working on my dissertation.  However, I did not want to leave you without any food for thought for today.  HERE is a link to a post by Chris Brady on his reasoning for not using the term “myth” in his series on…

  • My Friend Karyn Reviews iPhone Apps for the Hebrew Bible

    HERE is a post where my friend Karyn (who is in the same doctoral program I am in) reviews iPhone apps for reading the Hebrew Bible.  It is a very in depth and helpful review.  If you have looked at these apps you know that there is an enormous price difference.  BibleReader almost literally costs…

  • Have You Heard that Religious Belief is Dying Out?

    Have you heard that religious belief is supposedly dying out?  Not according to THESE FACTS AND FIGURES.  Thanks to John Hobbins over at Ancient Hebrew Poetry for posting them.  Some of these statistics are absolutely astounding.  I’ll give you just one to whet your appetite: 2#. Every 24 hours, the number of atheists in the…

  • Chris Brady on The Character of God in Genesis 1

    HERE is a post by Chris Brady on the character of God in Genesis 1 that is well worth a read.  My favorite quote from the post is: Given that God is the subject of almost every verb in the opening creation story of Genesis it is surprising that God is never provided with any…