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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…
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Interesting Post on God's "Jealousy"
HERE is a link to an interesting post on Hebrew and Greek reader about YHWH’s “jealousy” in the Hebrew Bible. It demonstrates a shift in the use of the Hebrew word underlying many occurrences of “jealousy” in English translations. And, it is a clear illustration that when interpreting a given passage it is important to…
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Tim Bulkeley on Different Tools for Different Tasks
HERE is a post in which Tim Bulkeley discusses the use of Bible dictionaries and Bible commentaries. He gives some very good advice, which has served me well when interpreting given passages. “So on the whole avoid consulting commentaries as long as you can. The more you work at a text before reading one the…
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John Anderson – Outlines on Research Pertaining to The Composition of the Pentateuch
John Anderson over at hesed we’emet has put together what looks like two nice resources concerning research on the composition of the Pentateuch. He has provided two outlines that he created in preparation for his PhD comps. Considering the thoroughness of the outlines it is no wonder that he passed. Thanks to him for making…
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Audio – Chris Brady on David
Chris Brady has posted audio for a sermon he recently gave on King David. He is associate professor of ancient Hebrew and Jewish literature and dean of the Schreyer Honors College at Penn State University. He says David “is one of my favorite biblical figures, but not always for the reasons people expect.” The sermon…