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Excellent Introduction to the History of Israel for the Lay Person
I started reading Mark S. Smith’s Memoirs of God this past week. Smith states in the introduction to the book that his audience is those outside of “fellow scholars” and “graduate students,” i.e. “the general public.” For the whole of the book, I’m not so sure he hits that target. I work with a more…
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Brueggemann Quote on the Wisdom Traditions
I am still reading through Brueggeman’s An Unsettling God: The Heart of the Hebrew Bible. I will probably finish tomorrow, but I’ve been posting some quotes from the book I have thought noteworthy along the way (see HERE and HERE). I may post a more substantial review if I have the time (doubtful with thesis…
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Free Course on the New Testament
I’m way behind on getting this one out there but here is a link to a free New Testament course from Yale University. Saw it on the Biblical Studies Carnival for this month. Now, you can study both the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible and the New Testament through Yale University, though no credit of course. You…
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Chris Brady and Introspection
Chris Brady’s most recent post entitled “Jesus Christ is Unavailable for Comment” provides a good model for how to be an introspective person. He takes a story first cited by Jim West about someone who in the opinion of many may be certifiably insane and uses the story as an opportunity for self-reflection. The story…
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Trying to Ask the Right Questions at Advent
After reading the Old Testament lectionary readings so far in the season of Advent, I realize how difficult it is to ask the right kinds of questions. For my entire life, I have lived within traditions that have treated prophecy primarily as prediction, at least at the popular level. The tendency is to think “Wow!…