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Haggai 1.2 – The Historical Context
“The time has not yet come to rebuild the house of the LORD.” These are the words that are placed in the mouths of the people of Israel in Haggai 1.2. So, what’s the big deal? What many do not realize is that the people have been back in the land for nearly twenty years. …
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Haggai Introductions
Today’s Old Testament reading is from Haggai. And, when I am reading and studying a passage one of my favorite things to do is go over to Google Books and see what Commentaries I can read for free in limited previews. Sometimes I can view really good commentaries for passages that I am studying, though…
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Interesting Posts Today
No time to write on my own yet. Maybe later this evening, but here are some interesting posts I’ve read today: John Hobbins – Why believers must complain about and criticize biblical texts Chris Brady – Want a date? Deny the existence of God Doug Chaplin – The wrong question: James McGrath on Jesus as…
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The Founding Father of Everything Biblio (Except Blogging)
I have always wanted to be the founding father of something. And, recently I have realized that there is biblioblogging of which I am a part, but there is a lack of other things “biblio,” or at least that are labeled as such (which is really the most important thing). Therefore, I am staking my…
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Karyn Has Linked to Some Cool Stuff for Teaching/Learning Hebrew
My friend Karyn has linked to some pretty cool stuff for teaching or learning Hebrew. There’s Hebrew Scrabble, Hebrew Comic books and a lot of other fun looking stuff. Check it out HERE.
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Ezra 9-10 – The Context of Today's Reading Makes it a Tough One
Today’s lectionary reading is definitely part of one of my least favorite Old Testament passages. If you heard the passage from the lectionary you probably would wonder why. The reading is Ezra 9.5-9, which reads as follows: At the time of the evening sacrifice, I, Ezra, rose in my wretchedness, and with cloak and mantle…
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A Feature I Like in English Textual Notes
I was reading in Jeremiah 1 today, and I noticed a feature that I like in my Hebrew-English Tanakh. Word plays are often marked in notes. For instance, there is a word play between shaqed “almond tree” and shoqed “watchful” (their translation) in Jeremiah 1.11 & 12 that is marked. So, I looked ahead into…
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Pod Bible – A Very Cool Audio Bible Site
HERE is a link to PodBible.com a project associated with Tim Bulkeley among others. It is by far one of the best free audio Bible sites online. There are a number of exceptional things about it, but one really sticks out. There are free audio Bible downloads of a modern translation. As I have stated…
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James McGrath on the Mosaic Authorship of the Pentateuch (Funny)
Okay this is one of those things that got me laughing. I realize that my sense of humor is not normal, but that’s okay. This may not be for everyone. I read this title on one of James McGrath’s posts in the RSS feed for his blog – “Mosaic Authorship of the Pentateuch.” I have…
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The Celebration of Passover in Ezra
In today’s lectionary reading in Ezra 6, the people celebrate the Passover. This is somewhat significant as according the Bible Background Commentary on the Old Testament there has been no mention of the Passover celebration since the time of Josiah which was more than 100 years earlier. This is potentially an example of the idea…