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For those who do not take numbers in the Old Testament symbolically …
at least part of the time, I wonder what they do with this: The Sumerian king list: translation Should one take the numbers in all Ancient Near Eastern texts literally? … I doubt they’d agree to that.
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Boring Parts in the Bible, Let's Be Honest …
Okay, I can’t be the only Christian who thinks parts of the Bible are boring, can I? I’m listening through the Old Testament currently. And, I thought I was going to slip into a coma this morning because I was listening to the beginning of the Book of Numbers. I understand the whole “the Bible…
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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…
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I'm Glad God Doesn't Send Snakes at People Anymore
It’s been a busy day; we are starting confirmation preparation in our parish tonight. But, I noticed we had an Old Testament reading for the day – Numbers 21.4b-9. Not a very pleasant one. The people of Israel complain against God and Moses. God proceeds to send snakes among the people to bite them and…