I have just finished my homily on the Fourth Words of Jesus (Matt. 27:46, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”) and in reading it with Psalm 22, I realized that there are very different renderings of verse 29 in the English, 30 in the Hebrew. אכלו […]
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Discussion of GV’s latest work began on blogs yesterday. Out today (but actually dated “March 24, 2008”) Daniel J Harrington, SJ has a very professional review, “No Evidence?,” in America: The National Catholic Weekly. Obviously, as this review reveals, Vermes’ book is much more comprehensive than previous reviews and interviews […]
I should preface by saying that although Prof. Vermes had formally retired by the time I was doing graduate work at Oxford I had the great honor to attend seminars and sessions with him and to copy edit DJD vol. 26 which he wrote with Philip Alexander. I can only […]
From last year and, again, as Larry the Cable Guy would say, “Lord, I apologize.” I am sure this is what Zechariah meant. Really. The New ‘Answers in Genesis’ New Testament– Children’s Edition Jesus rides into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday on the foal of a raptor. People attempt to feed […]
Two days ago I discussed, from a devotional perspective, Ruth’s decision to follow Naomi and I commented that I think it is reasonable to question whether the author is presenting a “conversion” to Israel’s God or Ruth’s faithfulness to Naomi, that in its historical context would have included accepting the […]
Ruth 1.15 So [Naomi] said, “See, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her gods; return after your sister-in-law.” 16 But Ruth said,“Do not press me to leave youor to turn back from following you!Where you go, I will go;Where you lodge, I will lodge;your people shall […]
4 In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. 5 And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as children— “My child, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, or lose heart when you are punished by him; […]
Jim beat me to this with his post “See What Dilettantism Hath Wrought.” Yet another dilettante has recently opined that the narrative about Moses proves he was a drug user. AFP reports High on Mount Sinai, Moses was on psychedelic drugs when he heard God deliver the Ten Commandments, an […]
I know this site, “The Brick Testament,” has been reported elsewhere on the biblicablogs, but I was reminded of it last night and found that they are now selling the sets! One of my favorites: Moses & the Ten Commandments To celebrate the release of the book The Brick Testament: […]