Jeremy Thompson

Category: Old Blog

  • More Henotheism in the Old Testament

    I have previously posted on henotheism in the Old Testament and explained what this is. Today’s Psalm contains another statement that reflects henotheism. It reads as follows: “For you, LORD, are most high over all the earth; You are very highly exalted over all gods” (emphasis added). Here again the existence of other deities is…

  • Why Bible Codes are Ridiculous

    I guess Brooke Lester’s post about the Obama-Antichrist video got Bryan over at Hevel.org stirred up a bit. In a similar vein, he decided to address this Bible Code nonsense. I feel very much like Bryan. This kind of silliness distracts people from actually reading the Bible. Be sure to read Bryan’s post but also…

  • Why "Jesus Gave Us the Name of the Antichrist" Video is Ridiculous

    I didn’t realize this until this morning, but I found out that there is some buzz around a video on YouTube proposing to explain from the Bible why Barack Obama is the Antichrist. I normally don’t give this kind of stupidity a second thought, but then I saw that the video had over 150,000 views.…

  • My Horrible Experience with a Radio Contest

    So… I had a horrible experience with a radio station giveaway last Friday. Let me preface this by saying that I have never won any kind of contest in my life. But, my wife registered us for this radio contest for which the prize was a trip to see one of my favorite bands of…

  • Psalm 51 in Hebrew

    Today’s response was from Psalm 51. Here is part of Psalm 51 in Hebrew if you want to check it out. (Videos like this are great for your learning of Hebrew if you are studying).

  • Moses – The Meekest Man on the Face of the Earth

    Today’s lectionary reading contains one of the more popular statements in the Old Testament, namely that Moses was the meekest/most humble (or however it is translated in your version of choice) person among all people. I have always found this very interesting because Moses’ actions do not really line up with modern conceptions of what…

  • Summary of the Hebrew Bible

    John Hobbins over at Ancient Hebrew Poetry has put together a decent little summary of the Hebrew Bible in 1,000 words or less. With that type of restriction it would be easy to quibble about not enough space being given to this or that. But, I tend to agree that you have the Primary History…

  • 2,000 Year Old Aramaic Inscription Found

    HERE is a link to a news story about a 2,000 year old Aramaic inscription. Found this story via Jim West (though I think he found it via someone else’s blog). He has a terrific blog, and it is worth subscribing to his RSS feed.

  • So That You Will Know

    There is a very concentrated concern in the Book of Exodus that acts are being performed “so that you/he/they will know that I am the Lord,” sometimes “the Lord your God.” This goes both for pharaoh and for the Israelites. It seems strange that no one knows who the Lord is at this point in…

  • Audio on Lamentations

    Chris Brady of the blog Targuman has posted the audio from a lecture he gave related to the book of Lamentations. Beforehand, he described the lecture as follows: I will be exploring how the rabbis responded to the destruction of the Temple, how they responded to the text of Lamentations, and what that in turn…