[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 […]
Read more[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 […]
Read more[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 […]
Read more[Originally posted in 2013. This is from THE LITERARY GUIDE TO THE BIBLE which we have featured in similar articles that focus on the different literary genres found in the “Old Testament” or as we acknowledge it in its original, the Hebrew Bible or the Tanach/Tanakh. Other posts from this same MUST READ resource are: Wisdom Books […]
Read more[First posted in 2012. This is from: The Literary Guide to the Bible, eds. Robert Alter and Frank Kermode. Reformatting and highlights added.] —————— The Canon Frank Kermode This chapter offers some explanation of the processes by which the Bible came to include the books it does—insofar as that can be done […]
Read more[This is a revisit to a post resurrected from 2012 because of the topic which keeps recurring in today’s discussions of why this world is the way it is; where is God in the horrendous occurrences millennialists experience today? Do we view human tragedy as coming from the hand of God? Or does the world, […]
Read more[First posted in 2015. A visitor recently clicked it and brought it to our attention,; indeed, it’s time for a repost! —Admin1.] —————- Ponder this: what did the original tablets given to Moses look like? The Creator who made this perfect universe chooses to produce one more item made from already existing material; the […]
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Read more[First posted March 20,2013; continuing excerpts from the MUST READ/MUST OWN book featured in The Sabbath – Its Meaning for Modern Man. Reformatted and highlighted for this post. — Admin1] EPILOGUE: To Sanctify Time Pagans project their consciousness of God into a visible image or associate Him with a phenomenon in nature, […]
Read more[First posted March 20, 2013; one of our favorite authors whom we feature over and over in this website.—Admin1] One of my most worn-out books— from thumbing through over and over and highlighting almost from top to bottom page after page—-is another GREAT and short pamphlet-length book by my favorite Jewish philosopher […]
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