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On the Song of Songs and Ruth
We Protestants, and I believe the Catholics as well, put the book of Ruth almost as an appendix to the book of Joshua. They are, however, in quite different sections of the Bible in the traditional Jewish order. The book of Ruth is located immediately next to the Song of Songs. Lately I’ve been reading [...]
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a poem to dispell the hatred
Joel Watts has written a post condoning hatred of BP. And although I think he’s substantially right on details, except that the post should probably be renamed “Another Reason to Hate the British Government and their Friends at BP,” I won’t argue the ideological implications of the spill here. Instead, I will simply try to [...]
Here’s to Hissa Hilal.
Hissa Hilal is a very brave Muslim woman, a housewife from Saudi Arabia who has used her opportunity as a contestant on the Arabic TV show ‘Poet to Millions’ as a way to denounce the oppressive nature of some extremist leaders. Related Posts:Eric Margolis on the Muslim BrotherhoodI’m moving to a Muslim neighborhood in about [...]
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Isaiah 6:4-5