Jeremy Thompson

Tag: Numbers

  • 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.

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…