The Old Testament was composed almost entirely in Hebrew. First and foremost, Hebrew is the language of Scripture. In other words, Hebrew is a language quite literally formed around its use in the composition of sacred writings. This means that Hebrew has a unique structure and style. It is highly poetic, almost intentionally designed for… Read More »
This Sunday, I mentioned that it was possible that the Apostle Paul’s father was a Gentile. This is a theory which cannot be absolutely proven, but it is based on two premises: 1. Paul was a Roman citizen. Three times in the book of Acts, Paul makes declarations of his citizenship: But Paul said to… Read More »
Recently, the media has become enamored with the works of a scholar from the University of Exeter – Francesca Stavrakopoulou. Dr. Stavrapopoulou has been making the rounds, revealing the “new information” that the ancient Israelites were not monotheistic and that Yahweh had a wife. Every news outlet that has reported on this has made all… Read More »
(You can read the full biblical account in 2 Kings 21-25) In about the year 609 BCE, a generally very wise king of Judah named Josiah (Heb. Y’oshi-yah) made a very bad decision. Against the advice of his counselors, he led an army against an Egyptian army under the Pharaoh Necho II. At the time,… Read More »
And there came out from the camp of the Philistines a champion named Goliath of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span. He had a helmet of bronze on his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail, and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of bronze. 6… Read More »
In the Hebrew Scriptures, YHWH is undoubtedly the God of Judah. David adamantly demanded that the elders of all the sebetiy (tribes) follow him. The worship of YHWH was one of the strongest unifying forces of his rule, but also one of the most short lived. Although Judah remained, more or less, worshipers of YHWH,… Read More »
As mentioned during the message today, there is a lot of information we were not able to cover during the service. Why David Is So Important to Me Most people think of Moses or Abraham as the most important person in the Hebrew Scriptures, but I think it is actually David. He is the keystone… Read More »
I have only recently discovered the thoughts of N.T. (Tom) Wright. If you don’t know who he is, Wright is an Anglican bishop who has been very active in the ‘historical Jesus’ debate for some time. After listening to several lectures I found on christianaudio.com, I decided that I should check out some of his… Read More »
Cristobal Colon, known to English speaking people as Christopher Columbus, discovered a route to the Americas in 1492. He was a Genoese (no one would have dared call him “Italian” to his face) sailor with a lot of experience in the Mediterranean and the North Sea. It is very possible that he had sailed with… Read More »
Medieval European history has been an ongoing fascination for me for the past couple of years, probably since reading 1453: The Holy War For Constantinople and the Clash of Islam and the West by Roger Crowley. Here is a huge chunk of history – roughly a thousand years! – that is virtually ignored in most… Read More »
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