Saturday, September 21, 2024

Ronald Hendel on the Divine Council in the Book of Genesis

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    On Gen 1:26: The easiest solution to these forms of address is to place them in the context of the biblical picture of God’s rule in h...
Thursday, September 19, 2024

Some Personal Updates//Amazon UK Wishlist for those who wish to help with my forthcoming move

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I will be moving back to Ireland on October 25th, so: (1) If you want to hang out with me between now and then, reach out and we can try to ...
Wednesday, September 18, 2024

Daniel W. Hieber, ‘dog’ vs. ‘horse’ in Native American languages

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Another nail in the coffin of those who scoff at the concept of "Loan shifting":   ‘dog’ vs. ‘horse’ in Native American languages ...

Excerpts from Synopsis of a Purer Theology

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    The following are excerpts from:   Synopsis of a Purer Theology , ed. William Den Boer and Remer A. Faber, 2 vols. (trans. Riemer ...
Tuesday, September 17, 2024

Adolf Schlatter (1852-1938) on Paul's Theology of Baptism in Romans 6

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      The substantiating sentence speaks expressly of the participation in the death of Jesus which the believer receives by means of Je...

Charlie Trimm on a possible explanation of the origin of כידון

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    Several weapons were found in sanctuaries in Ugarit, which might have been viewed as divine weapons. A king of Alalakh refers to defea...

Charlie Trimm on the Use of a scimitar-like weapon in ancient Egypt

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    Although swords are the most famous hand-to-hand weapon in the Western world, they were less common in the ancient Near East. One reas...