Author Archives: Benj

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About Benj

I’m a native North Jerseyan, transplanted to Pennsylvania...lived and taught in Eastern Europe for six years…Old Testament professor, author, minister, musician, liturgist…husband to Corrie…father to Daniel and Elizabeth.

England, America, Israel, and…Judah

Why did the survivors of the Kingdom of Judah (golah, she’erit, Diaspora, returnees) in the sixth century CE adopt/appropriate/retain the identity “Israel,” even though the two polities had not been united under the same monarch since the tenth century? Continue reading

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Links: 2 June 2016

Mostly literary this week… Continue reading

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Links: 11 May 2016

Lawsuits, and innovations… Continue reading

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Ding an Sich

“Democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention … and have in general been as short in their lives as they have been violent in their deaths.” Continue reading

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Article on Benjamin: “Special Forces”

New article in SJOT… Continue reading

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Links: 23 April 2016

Academics, baseball, and the $20 bill… Continue reading

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Review of Biblical Literature: Leslie C. Allen, “A Theological Approach to the Old Testament”

My review of Leslie C. Allen’s A Theological Approach to the Old Testament: Major Themes and New Testament Connections, has (finally!) been published in the Review of Biblical Literature. Continue reading

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Links: 8 April 2016

Grieving, social media, and more… Continue reading

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If You Want to Enjoy the Game Tonight…

…Then don’t read this blog post. Continue reading

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