Neh. 8:8

In the “Jewish Translations of the Bible” essay I was intrigued to do a little more digging on what was mentioned about Nehemiah 8 when Ezra reads the Book of the Law to the people.  The essays discusses how there is debateover how to interpret vs. 8 in particular due to the fact that it is an [...]

Lesson 4

You will notice some new pages; lesson 4 in two parts. Stay tuned for a couple of additional sections. These are fairly short, but they introduce some important concepts that we will explore more fully in class. Pay attention to the words and concepts in bold print, and to the questions that [...]

Thoughts on Inspiration and Incarnation

I wanted to comment on Peter Enns’ Inspiration and Incarnation.  I’m still reading and it’s taking longer for me to get through it than I originally anticipated.  I’m finding myself reading and re-reading certain sections to try to really get a handle on what point he’s trying to make.  I understand that he is addressing [...]

Reaction to “The Name of G-d”

     So far this has been a very interesting study for me.  I’ve been out of town for a couple of weeks and I’m trying to catch up, but still a little behind.  I’m going to try to make a couple of posts just to try to express some of my thoughts on the readings, [...]

Codex Sinaiticus

Last month in London, in the British Library, I had a glimpse of one of the oldest and most important copies of the Bible, Codex Sinaiticus.  It was acquired by the British in 1930.
This week the manuscript goes online.

This Website will go live on July 24, 2008
Codex Sinaiticus is one of the most important books [...]

Traveling

I am here in the fabulously beautiful and historic city of Praha, Prague, awaiting the start of the Tenth Bonhoeffer Congress.  Like the Olympics and presidential elections, the Bonhoeffer Congress occurs every four years.
Tomorrow night, Jůrgen Moltmann delivers the opening address on Prison As a Place to Do Theology.  On Saturday my daughter Tabitha and are [...]

JSB – Week 3 reading

You weren’t kidding when you mentioned that some of the reading may challenge us. The first few pages of the reading for this week has really struck me. The author of the essay says that the Exodus account in the Bible “…must have involved fewer people than the exaggerated biblical numbers… Given the lack of [...]

Traveling

I going to NY in the morning and on to Prague for the International Dietrich Bonhoeffer Congress.  I will be presenting a paper jointly with my daughter on the relevance of Bonhoeffer’s theology for ecology.
I’m not sure if I will have internet access or not–so you may or may not hear from me over the [...]

This week’s reading

After reading this week’s assignment in JSB I have been thinking about how ”sheltered” I have allowed myself to become in ministry.  So much of what I read and study come from points of view not to far off from my own.  There may be new ideas or insights, but it normally comes from the same basic worldview.  Reading and rereading some [...]

Free Hebrew Lessons

If you would like to hear spoken (modern Israeli) Hebrew, free lessons are available here. Just click on “Hebrew” on the left.
You might be interested to learn some common greetings. For example, how are you is “ma-shlom-ka” (if you are asking a male person; ma-shlom-ek for a woman). “Ma-shlom-ka” is literally what [...]