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Sermon on Genesis 12:1-4 and John 3
Here is a sermon I preached at the First Presbyterian Church in Hammond back around March. There is a bit of a gaff because I didn’t really know the order of service for a Presbyterian Church very well. I’ll do better next time though: Sermon 03/20
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Joseph's Coat of Many Colors?
We’ve all heard about Jospeh’s coat of many colors, right? Well, it looks like you may need to throw that fond childhood memory out. Today’s lectionary reading is from Genesis 37. Here are a few translations in comparison with regard to “Joseph’s coat of many colors” (translation comparisons on this site are done in BibleWorks…
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Game Theorist Interpretation of Genesis 2
I’ve been reading The Art of Strategy by Dixit and Nalebuff mainly because I have a side interest in Game Theory. I just think it’s fascinating, especially some of the examples from the field of study. Anyway, I’m reading along and then they discuss in a very short manner Genesis 2. The context is a…
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Brooke Lester on Genesis 1:1
Long weekends have slowed down my blogging a bit over the last couple of weeks. But, I’m going to get a couple of posts out today (I hope). First, I wanted to point my readers to a helpful post by Brooke Lester on Genesis 1:1. He deals with one of the important translation issues that…
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Joseph Kelly Reviews Mark Smith's the Priestly Vision of Genesis 1
I recently posted about Mark Smith’s book Memoirs of God, and in the relation to that post, Jim West recommended that I read Smith’s newest offering The Priestly Vision of Genesis 1. I have not had time to tackle that text yet, but Joseph Kelly gives a fairly thorough review of it HERE. Check it…
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Victor Hamilton Commentary Introduction on Genesis Free
Victor Hamilton’s commentary on Genesis is in two volumes and is in the NICOT (New International Commentary on the Old Testament) series. One of my favorite things about this series is the easy to use sections text critical notes, though those are not generally available as a part of this free limited preview. Hamilton’s volume…
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Westermann Commentary Introductions on Genesis Free
Westermann’s three volume commentary on Genesis is one of the best that I have ever used personally, though I have had to do so through libraries. Google Books has the introductions to two of these commentaries for free in limited preview. It is only for the first two volumes, but the introductions are fairly extensive. …
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Franz Delitzsch Two Volume Commentary on Genesis Free
Franz Delitzsch’s commentary on Genesis is out of copyright and has been put online for free at Archive.org. There is a lot of good stuff on this site, but there is also a lot to weed through. Delitzsch’s commentary on Genesis is in two volumes with Volume 1 HERE and Volume 2 HERE. This will…
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Von Rad – Free Introduction to Genesis (from Commentary)
HERE is a link to Von Rad’s commentary on Genesis at Google Books. The commentary is in the Old Testament library series. The entire introduction of the commentary is available in the limited preview format. The entire commentary is not available, but the introduction might be valuable to you either for personal use or to…
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Free Bible Experience Audio of the Creation Story
HERE is a link to a free copy of the Creation story from the Bible Experience audio Bible. The Bible Experience has a cast of celebrity readers and is currently one of the best selling audio Bibles available. It is made available through Audible.com.