Jeremy Thompson

Category: Interesting

  • What Book Would You Recommend to Barack Obama?

    John Dickerson from Slate just posted Barack Obama’s vacation reading list. The titles include: • The Way Home by George Pelecanos • Lush Life by Richard Price • Hot, Flat, and Crowded by Tom Friedman • John Adams by David McCullough • Plainsong by Kent Haruf If you could recommend a book for Barack Obama…

  • Scotteriology on Mark Driscoll Stretching Some Biblical Hebrew Big Time

    HERE is a link to a post on the blog Scotteriology that analyzes a video of Mark Driscoll.  Driscoll is attempting to show that the Trinity is in Genesis 1, but has to pull some pretty major stretches to reach his conclusion.  For one, he says the word “God” is plural but doesn’t deal with…

  • Clayboy on Bibliomancy

    HERE is link to an interesting post on the blog Clayboy about Bibliomancy.  Want to know what that is?  You’ll have to read the post to find out.  I’ve heard this tale before, but it ever afresh illustrates the problems with the flip your Bible open approach to reading scripture.

  • James McGrath on Atheism

    HERE is a thoughtful post by James McGrath on disagreeing with atheists.  I think that he is right on the mark when he says: “When I disagree with atheists, it is usually because they accept premises and assumptions of religious fundamentalists that I think need to be critically examined and challenged.”  In other words, atheists…

  • Free Course Guide – Eric Cline History of Ancient Israel

    Today’s lectionary reading was on the ark of the Lord being brought to Jerusalem.  And, it reminded me of an audio lecture by Eric Cline dealing with modern speculation about the current location of the ark.  It is a very interesting lecture in which professor Cline laments the fact that such endeavors waste research efforts…

  • Scott Bailey on Flying Rabbis Fight Swine Flu

    Well, with a title like “Flying Rabbis Fight Swine Flu,” it doesn’t seem like there is really any more to say to introduce the post.  It is something you just have to read for yourself.  To get the story as well as some of Scott Bailey’s thoughts click HERE.

  • James McGrath on Elisha and the Two Bears

    If you are familiar with some of the more bizarre stories of the Old Testament, this one is probably near the top of the list.  A number of youths ridicule the prophet Elisha, he curses them, and two bears come out of the woods to maul the boys.  Four bloggers have recently interacted with this…

  • John Hobbins on Boring Bible Dictionaries

    John Hobbins over at Ancient Hebrew Poetry has recently written a very good post about the boring nature of Bible dictionaries.  I must confess that reading Bible dictionaries has generally been very good for putting me to sleep.  The print is generally tiny, which makes my eyes tired and makes me feel like I am…

  • Art Boulet on Adam's Rib or Adam's Baculum

    Here is a link to a post on Art Boulet’s site entitled “Adam’s Rib or Adam’s Baculum?” He discusses an article which proposes that “rib” is a mistranslation of… well, something else. You’ll have to read the post to find out what.

  • 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…