Tag Archives: bible
chapters and verses in the bible
Someone with far more patience than I has counted up all the verses of the Bible, making allowances for the different ways they can be counted, and posted his results here. It’s a handy reference if you’re the kind of person who needs chapter and verse counts occasionally. The chart he made should work most [...]
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notes on 1 sam 13-18
1 Samuel 13-18 may be summed up in one sentence: Saul falls (13-15) while David rises (16-18). Related Posts:and a spansome thoughts on gentlenessThe Snare of Wealth and the Barn-BuilderAdam and the Enslavement of Humanity, Part 1Tragicomedy, Slavery, and the Bible: a Look at the Metanarrative
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Farewell, Logan
Myself and a guy named Logan had a conversation on whether Genesis 1 – 2 must be understood literally and historically. He was arguing that it must, and I was arguing that, at the very least, there were reasons to doubt that it must. We discussed the proposition and a number of side issues, and [...]
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On Genesis 1, literal history, and presuppositions
We approach each new thing with the aid of a handy framework that we’ve developed based on all the previous things we’ve encountered. It’s an excellent system, and it’s called learning. The things we carry with us are our assumptions or presuppositions, and the new stuff coming in is data, and it quickly is either [...]
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job’s messengers
When I see it in print, the series of messengers coming to Job present some interesting difficulties. How accurate were their accounts? What’s up with each claiming to be the only one who escaped — do they not see each other standing there. But for a moment all the questions fade, and I remember one [...]
a thought on wisdom in the bible
What if what we translate as ‘wisdom’ in the New Testament looks more like what we commonly call ‘strategy’ than what we commonly envision as wisdom: the proclamations of seasoned and enigmatic (usually male) mentor-figure who says deep sayings that cause us to appreciate life and live as happy butterflies listening for inner guidance? What [...]
and a span
In fairly literal Bibles which translate from the Masoretic Text, Goliath was a six cubits and a span in height. According to the grad student who is teaching my Hebrew 370 ‘Biblical Literature in Translation’ class here at OSU, this comes to about nine feet [1]. However, the Septuagint has Goliath at four cubits and [...]
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a man named apple
There’s a man named Apple in the Bible. As it says in 1 Chronicles 2, verse 43: The sons of Hebron: Korah, Apple [Hebrew: Tappuach], Rekem, and Shema. Related Posts:The Snare of Wealth and the Barn-BuilderAdam and the Enslavement of Humanity, Part 1Tragicomedy, Slavery, and the Bible: a Look at the MetanarrativeThe Two Houses of [...]
only rahab the prostitute
Joshua the son of Nun foretold the destruction of Jericho and all its mighty warriors, and spared the prostitute. Jesus the son of No One foretold the destruction of Jerusalem and all its proud religious men, and befriended prostitutes. Surely something great must be going on here. Related Posts:noChristian Theism and the Problem of EvilBestiality [...]
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book of ephesians