[First posted in 2013.  This is another excellent commentary from A Literary Approach to the Bible, one of our MUST READ, if not MUST OWN books.  Please read all the other articles from this great resource which have already bene posted. Reformatting, highlighting and underscoring added.]   Jonah – by James S. Ackerman  Although the Book of […]

[First posted in 2013.  In the Christian Bible, the 12 prophets in the “Old” Testament are counted individually as separate “books” and that is why the Christian OT has 39 books total.  In the Hebrew Scriptures, also known as the TNK —acronym for: Torah (5 books attributed to Moses), Neviim (the Prophets), and the Ketuviim (the Writings)—-the 12 […]

[First posted in 2013.  Isaiah as literature—who would have ever thought of reading it purely for its literary merits!  Certainly not religionists who use verses here and there as ‘prooftext’ to bolster their doctrinal positions. You might be disappointed with this article; in fact it most likely will appeal only to literature majors. . .  but give […]

[First posted in 2013.  This is another excellent commentary from A Literary Approach to the Bible, one of our MUST READ, if not MUST OWN books.  Please read all the other articles from this great resource which have already bene posted. Reformatting, highlighting and underscoring added.]   Jonah – by James S. Ackerman  Although the Book of […]

[First posted in 2012 — it has been seven years, so time for a timely repost on the day of spooks, ghosts, goblins, witches — Halloween! BOO indeed! We have a series of articles in this website questioning the existence of a “fallen angel” which has spawned a category of imaginary creatures (devil, demons, witches, […]

[First posted in 2012; part of our series on the controversial figure in Christian and other religions referred to as the “devil” or Satan who is mis-named “Lucifer” but let’s not get into all that in this introduction.  Other posts in this series, in case you have not read them, are:   Revisit: Ha Satan […]

[First posted in 2013.  This is another excellent commentary from A Literary Approach to the Bible, one of our MUST READ, if not MUST OWN books.  Please read all the other articles from this great resource which have already bene posted. Reformatting, highlighting and underscoring added.]   Jonah – by James S. Ackerman  Although the Book of […]

[First posted in 2013.  The original Introduction: It is timely to feature a book which, most likely, few students venture into reading; for why would anyone wish to vicariously experience the horror of witnessing YHWH’s destruction of the remnant of His people, in His center of worship and governance? Why timely?  Because the 9th of […]