Ezekiel, The Prophet Who Was Crazy About Holiness.
The prophet Ezekiel proved to be a very interesting voice in ancient Israel’s faith crisis. Ancient Israel was, at the time, a community with very little stability, and it is […]
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Joshua as “Half-Moses”
We all know about Moses, and the dramatic scenes of him facing Pharaoh, him leading the captive Israelites out of Egypt, miraculously through a massive body of water, his receiving […]
Assignment on the Contentious Events in Old Testament Historicity.
Part 1 of Unit 1: Mythbusters – Old Testament Historicity (Cornerstone College). I will follow with Part 2 of Unit 1 shortly. The question concerning the historicity of the Old […]
Exegesis on Abraham’s Life Before Yahweh.
Assessment 2: Abraham’s Life Before Yahweh – Making Sense of the Genesis 22 Pericope in Light of the Larger Story PART 1. a. Describe Where Genesis 22 Fits Into […]
God’s Marauders: Interpreting the Conquest Narratives.
Introduction. This short paper is a sub-part of an exegetical assignment for Biblical Studies. It zooms in on the Judges 1:1–3:6 pericope and essentially asks the following three questions: By […]
My Personal Opinion on the Exodus from Egypt.
A few days ago a reader asked me what I thought of the biblical Exodus, especially concerning its historicity. Although I have already tackled this from a few angles here […]
Understanding the Bible’s Flood Myth.
Christians, independent of their interpretations of the Genesis flood, “view the story of Noah’s ark and the Flood an essential part of the Bible’s divine teaching about God, his relationship […]
Child Sacrifice in the Mosaic Law (Exo. 22:29).
Exodus 22:29 represents the ancient Israelite practice of human sacrifice quite plainly: “Your firstborn sons you shall give to me.” According to Christian biblical scholar Stark “The demand is unequivocal. […]
Child Sacrifice in Ancient Israel (Micah 6:6-8).
An analysis of Micah 6:6-8 suggests that child sacrifice was practiced in ancient Israel: “With what shall I come before the Lord and bow down before the exalted God? Shall I […]
Old Testament Manuscripts: DSS, MT, and LXX.
Our manuscripts for the Old Testament come from three major sources, namely the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Masoretic Texts, and the Septuagint. First off the Masoretic Text refers to the […]
