Category: bible
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The Meaning of Work
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My friend Katey posted this gem today, and wow, it’s good: Unser Leben währet siebzig Jahr – Sethus Calvisius (1556-1615) Our life lasts seventy years,and if it’s exceptional,then it’s eighty years.And if it has been valuable,then it’s been weariness and work.For it goes past as fastas if we had fled…
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The Book of Genesis and Adamah
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This evening, on the way home from work, I started doing my reading for summer session. First up in the Women’s Bible Commentary was the section on Genesis. Now, I love me some Hebrew Bible. I took four years of Biblical Hebrew and I loved every second of it. Well…
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Summer Session Here I Come!
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Today I got confirmation that there is still room in a summer term class that I’m just super excited about. Yale Divinity School does week long classes over the summer, and I’m going to be taking “The Bible through Art and Artifact.” The class has just five lectures, but each…
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Making the Choice Between ‘Bitter’ and ‘Better’
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One of the things that a priest friend and I like to talk about is the choice that is inherently involved in each moment. We can choose joy, we can choose to be kind. We can choose love. Or, as he likes to say, we can choose to be “bitter”…
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From NPR: Bart Ehrman and Jesus, Interrupted
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On the way home I caught a little of an interview with Bart Ehrman on NPR’s Fresh Air. His latest book is Jesus, Interrupted: Revealing the Hidden Contradictions in the Bible (And Why We Don’t Know About Them) – this interview was simply amazing. One of my favorite things in…