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Eat or Be Eaten – Word Play in Isaiah 1
“Eat or be eaten” that’s what the prophet tells Israel their choice is in today’s lectionary reading from Isaiah 1, though I’m not using this idiom in the same way it is often used in English. It is more of obey or disobey and experience completely opposite results. This message comes in the form of…
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Love Your Neighbor – A Little Lectionary Editing
“Love Your Neighbor” that’s what your supposed to do, right? Well, at least that is what Jesus said in in Matthew 22:38 repeating a line from Leviticus 19:18. But, what about those other voices in scripture? You know the ones that say not so nice things about neighbors or wish not so nice things upon…
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And, the #1 BiblioBlogger for February is …
Once again … *Joel Watts* Further proof that Alexa does absolutely nothing to take content into consideration, right Joel? 😉 Just kidding … Congratulations to everyone who made it into the top 50 this month. We’ve got a couple of new blogs this month. Be sure to check them out: Simul Iustus at Peccator, Font…
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Bible Translations – A Taxonomy (via AHP)
Bible translations can be a bit confusing to the lay person as I’ve noted in a previous post. But, here is a link to a classification system for them that John Hobbins of Ancient Hebrew Poetry has posted from the New Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible. Some of the classifications are debatable, but it looks…
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Old and New Testament Introductions (ELCA Videos)
Decent, brief Old and New Testament introductions are sometimes difficult to come by in video format. But, these two seem to be pretty good videos for lay people that make use of professors at Lutheran universities and schools of theology. They are done by the ELCA, but they do treat different traditions, such as by…