Feb 23, 2019
Feb 22, 2019
Bible Genealogies and the Good News
I enjoy studying and teaching genealogies so I was happy to see this recent article in Christianity Today, "How Bible Genealogies Preach the Good News."
Feb 21, 2019
Genesis 23 and 24
Recently while preparing to teach Genesis 23-24, I created the following table.
Comparing
Genesis 23 and 24
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Genesis 23
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Genesis 24
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Setting is about
death
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Setting is about life
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The need is procuring
a burial cave for Sarah
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The need is procuring
a bride for Isaac
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Main agent is Abraham
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Main agent is
Abraham’s servant
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Negotiations and a
payment
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Negotiations and a
“payment”
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Sarah’s tomb
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Sarah’s tent
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Sarah is mourned
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Isaac is comforted
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Abrahamic promise
related to the land
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Abrahamic promise
related to the seed
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Labels:
Abraham,
Bible Exposition,
Genesis,
Old Testament
Feb 20, 2019
Azazel and the Day of Atonement
This post has a good discussion concerning traditions related to the azazel goat and Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement) during the Second Temple period.
Labels:
Backgrounds,
Judaism,
Old Testament,
Second Temple
Feb 19, 2019
Gundry on Acts
In this post, Robert Gundry discusses some of the basic introductory issues related to the book of Acts. I am not sure there is anything new here but it does a decent job of dealing with some basic issues.
Feb 18, 2019
Feb 17, 2019
Monotheism and Akhenaten
James Hoffmeier has an article here discussing Pharaoh Akhenaten and the attempt to establish monotheism in ancient Egypt.
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