Jeremy Thompson

The responsorial psalm in today’s lectionary readings was Psalm 117. This is the shortest chapter in the entire Bible, whether for you that is the Hebrew Bible or the Old and New Testaments. However, though it is the shortest chapter, it contains a profound statement of universalism. The text reads: 1 Praise the Lord, all…

So, I still had not used my Audible credits for June (which is very strange for me) until today. This month I chose two less academic titles. First, I chose Eugene Peterson’s Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places. I have heard a lot of people that I respect very highly speak well of Peterson’s books,…

After just finishing a couple of audiobooks, I decided this morning to begin a bit more language learning instead of another book. So, I started listening to the Earworms Rapid Language Course entitled Rapid Greek Vol. 1, which I had downloaded some time ago. And, I must say that Earworms is one of the best…

This past weekend I just finished listening to The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels and wanted to write a brief review. My overall impression of the book was that it was a bit disappointing. My area of expertise is Biblical Hebrew language and Old Testament; however, I have always wanted to delve a bit more…

Well, I learned this week that I would not be adjuncting at Notre Dame Seminary in New Orleans for the coming semester.  They just hired two new full-time faculty members with one of them being in Sacred Scripture.  I think this will be very good for the seminary and add to the sense of academic…

In a previous version of my report on Free Audio Bibles for my Email list subscribers, I had stated that I was unsure if Amazon.com shipped internationally. So, I went and checked out their site. And, in fact, they do offer international shipping and at very reasonable rates. For instance, a shipment to Asia or…

If you are looking for a new and different way to read or listen to the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible, I would suggest trying to listen to the books in the traditional Hebrew ordering if you have never done so. Christian versions of the Old Testament follow the order of the books found in the Greek…

I’ve just posted a link to a free King James Version audio Bible on the Audio Bibles page of this site. The King James Version text is out of copyright, so this opportunity is legitimate. I have been dismayed lately at a number of sites posting the NIV for free download without license. These types…

This past week at Vacation Bible School (=VBS) I helped with the rather difficult task of teaching the 10 plagues to children in Pre-K through 5th grades. Usually when this is done the teaching materials at least tone the stories down a bit due to the violence (i.e. the killing of the firstborn). However, I…

I added two new videos to the site this week, but was unable to post about them. One is a video of Lawrence Schiffman lecturing on Judaism, Christianity and the Dead Sea Scrolls. This video should be excellent. I have listened to Schiffman’s course on the Dead Sea Scrolls in the Modern Scholar series, and…