Category Archives: Research

My academic (I flatter myself!) inquiries into the biblical texts, the ANE, historical and literary criticism, and the social sciences.

Two Years’ Progress: Canon, LXX, and the WCF

In December 2009 I posted a piece entitled, “Hengel and Gese on the LXX.” I thought I might interact with portions of this piece in order to see if and how my thinking on the issue has changed in nearly two years… Continue reading

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…And pitched His tent among us

Who among the prophets would have guessed, though, that YHWH’s presence would return to his people not in a cloud or a pillar of fire, but as a person, Yeshua` bar Yosef, who came and “tented” (εσκηνωσεν) among us? Continue reading

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Creation vs. Flood

I was bored at work yesterday, and so I put together a chart comparing certain narrative elements of the first Genesis Creation account (1:1-2:4) and the account of the Noahic flood (7:17-9:17). Creation/Flood Comparision It’s fascinating that in the final … Continue reading

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Lament Over the Destruction of Sumer and Ur

LSUr begins with the decision of the high divine council to bring calamity upon Sumer and Ur… Continue reading

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