Friday, February 28, 2020

We can hope!

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From Heather Cox Richardson , final paragraphs of an excellent summary of the last 40 years (do read it all): This is a crisis that demands...

What is the purpose of humanity? Or Puddleglum was right!

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The foundation of religion in Mesopotamia is that humanity has been created to serve the gods by meeting their needs for food (sacrifices), ...
Thursday, February 27, 2020

Two halves?

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Genesis 2:24 is responding to the question of why a person would leave the closest biological relationship (parents to children) in order to...
Wednesday, February 26, 2020

Chaos? Or possibility?

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On my Saturday/Sunday round-up posts, I've frequently linked to Heather Cox Richardson . Well, I'm not going to wait for the weekend...

Maybe, just maybe, your view of Gen 1–2 is incorrect

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From these data it is easy to conclude that Adams sleep has prepared him for a visionary experience rather than for a surgical procedure. Th...
Tuesday, February 25, 2020

Mistranslation? A look at ṣela'

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On the basis of Adam's statement, combined with these data on usage, we would have to conclude that God took one of Adam's sides—lik...

Thought for the day

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2Esdr. 4:10    He said to me: “You can’t even understand the things that are yours, which you have grown up with.  11 How then can your m...
Monday, February 24, 2020

Were you born?

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If we are all formed from dust, yet at the same time we are born of a mother through a normal birth process, we can see that being formed fr...
Sunday, February 23, 2020

Another time around the web

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Another week and another set of interesting (at least to me) links. First off, a historical journey through the last 200 or so years of US...
Friday, February 21, 2020

Dust to dust

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On the basis of biblical evidence, we must therefore conclude that all people are formed from dust (see also Eccles 3:20). This is confirmed...
Thursday, February 20, 2020

Unique or archetype?

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Paul treats Adam as an archetype when he indicates that all sinned in Adam (Rom 5:12). In this way, all are embodied in the one and counted ...
Wednesday, February 19, 2020

From dust . . . to dust

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Nevertheless, some have been reluctant to adopt this view [that "dust" equals mortality] because of a sense that other scriptural ...
Tuesday, February 18, 2020

Are we really that gullible?

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There's a two-hour documentary about Amazon on PBS tonight. The Washington Post reviewed it today (ironically owned by Bezos). They en...

English or Hebrew?

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More than half of the occurrences [of "form"] are shown by context to be unrelated to material. Many of the occurrences listed abo...
Monday, February 17, 2020

Maybe, just maybe, it's more complicated than you think

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Although I believe that Adam and Eve are historical personages—real people in a real past—these cannot be their historical names. The names ...
Saturday, February 15, 2020

Another week...

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Well, it's been almost a week since the last round-up of stuff I found interesting. As always, read the posts for yourself to make sure ...
Friday, February 14, 2020

It's a home, not just a house

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This concept of sacred space carries across to Genesis 2. In Genesis 1, we find an account of how God had created sacred space to function o...
Wednesday, February 12, 2020

Rest?

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Throughout his controversies with the Pharisees, Jesus insisted that it was never a violation of the Sabbath to do the work of God on that d...
Tuesday, February 11, 2020

A restful state

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When God tells the Israelites that he is going to give them rest ( nwḥ ) from their enemies (Deut 12:10; Josh 1:13; 21:44; 2 Sam 7:1; 1 King...
Monday, February 10, 2020

You're missing the point

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Genesis 1:1–2:3 contains a seven-day account of origins, not a six-day account. Our frequent reference to a six-day account is at least in ...