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Read Fretheim's Commentary Introduction to Exodus Free
HERE is a link to Fretheim’s commentary on Exodus over at Google Books. It is available in limited preview format. The entire introduction to the commentary is available there. He along with Walter Brueggemann are two of my favorite Old Testament theologians. If you are interested in Fretheim’s other work you might consider checking out…
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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…
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Fundamentalism and Anachronism at Desiring God
Yesterday there was a post on the Desiring God blog about “boring” passages in the Bible (why they put boring in quotes I don’t know; I would just call them boring), especially the Pentateuch. There is so much wrong with the particular details of this post that it is difficult to really know where to…