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Then the Lord was all like, “Come no closer!”
I posted this thought on Facebook this weekend – that it was fun to think about translating vayomer as “and he was like” or “and he was all like” (for those he don’t know much Hebrew, this form is often translated “and he said” or something similar). That popped in my head after a recent visit to…
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"Ephraim is my First-born"?
There is a second interesting point in Jeremiah 31.9b alone. Again, it reads “For I am a father to Israel, Ephraim is my first-born.” What’s so interesting about that? Well, it’s interesting because in the actual story line of the Old Testament Ephraim was not a first-born son. Joseph has two sons in Egypt, whom…
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Younger Sons who Rise to Prominence in the Bible
I am currently reading The Death and Resurrection of the Beloved Son: The Transformation of Child Sacrifice in Judaism and Christianity by Jon D. Levenson. I’m about halfway through and it is easily one of the best books I have read in a long time. He covers some similar issues in this VIDEO which I have…
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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…