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January 19, 2025

The Abraham Saga– Part Eight

The story in Gen. 18 is famous for various reasons, not the least of which...

January 18, 2025

The Abraham Saga–Part Seven

Gen. 17 is both rich and complex, and pushes the story forward. Here for the...

January 17, 2025

The Abraham Saga– Part Six

By Gen.16 Abram and Sarai are already antiques-- very old indeed. And clearly Sarai hears...

January 15, 2025

An Homage to My Old Friend Richard

Richard Hays and I were friends for more than a Biblical generation--- 40 years. We...

January 14, 2025

The Abraham Saga– Part Five

Without question, Gen. 15 is one of the most important and pivotal chapters, not merely...

January 12, 2025

The Abraham Saga– Part Four

On the surface, Gen. 14 seems to be a hodge-podge of several sources, with Abram...

January 10, 2025

Coeur Incurvatus in Se– a Poem for the New Year

Coeur Incurvatus in Se (as Luther said) Self-absorbed in the garden He became Narcissus...

January 09, 2025

The Abraham Saga Begins– Part Three

The second half of Gen. 13 deserves separate treatment, and as Robert Alter says, the...

January 08, 2025

The Day My Cat Interrupted MyTrain of Thought

You've heard the saying-- curiosity killed the cat. Well it's a very good thing that...

January 07, 2025

The Abraham Saga Begins– Part Two

Gen. 13 continues the theme of Abram and his kin being nomads, living in tents....

January 05, 2025

The Abraham Saga Begins– Part One

When last we left Abram at the end of Gen. 11, he and his father...

January 04, 2025

Young Saul at Shabbat Camp

Actually, what Saul wrote was a song (to the tune of the classic 'Hello Muddah,...

January 03, 2025

Steamrolling into the New Year

Chip Davis is now 77 years old, and I'm quite sure he could not have...

January 01, 2025

No Direction Home— the Bob Dylan Movie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMWBF-od5fg&t=6s For those, like myself, who were not paying that much attention to folk...

December 2024

December 31, 2024

I Done Told You to Take That Tree Down Before a Cat-astrophe

Back at the dawn of time. (i.e. B.C. before cellphone, before computer) we had a...

December 30, 2024

73, and Still Plugging along

President Tennent: 'Ben you realize retirement is not in the Bible. Rest is in the...

December 29, 2024

What Difference Can a Literal Translation Make– Part Eight

Gen. 11 provides us with most scholars see as the end of the pre-history, or...

December 28, 2024

What Difference Can a Literal Translation Make– Part Seven

Genesis 8 tells the story of the aftermath of the flood. Here we are told...

December 27, 2024

What Difference Can a Literal Translation Make– Part Six

The beginning of Gen. 6 includes one of the most controversial passages in the whole...

December 26, 2024

The Secret

THE SECRET Hidden reality Like life in the womb Hidden reality Like death in...

December 25, 2024

Mother Load

MOTHER LOAD From the very beginning The burden was clear Sometimes bearable Sometimes...

December 24, 2024

Incognito

INCOGNITO He came in incognito, A thinly veiled disguise The not so subtle son...

December 23, 2024

Creatures of Habit

CREATURES OF HABIT Creatures of habit, Day after day Go about life, The same...

December 22, 2024

What Difference Can a Literal Translation Make– Part Five

Chapter 5 begins with a lengthy genealogy with this preamble, or re-run-- "This is the...

December 21, 2024

The Slaughter of the Innocents Continues

I'm beyond sick and tired of reading about our innocent kids being murdered in schools,...

December 20, 2024

The Bonding

THE BONDING A cold and listless season, And full of cheerless cheer, When...

December 19, 2024

What Difference Can a Literal Translation Make–Part 4

It is only at the beginning of Gen. 4 that we hear that 'the...

December 18, 2024

What Difference Can a Literal Translation Make–Part 3

Gen. 3 begins with a bang by telling us that the serpent is most cunning...

December 17, 2024

What Difference Can a Literal Translation Make–Part 2

Certainly two of the more crucial chapters in the whole OT are Gen. 2-3. Here...

December 16, 2024

What Difference Can a Literal Translation Make?–Part 1

If we follow the advice of Robert Alter, we will avoid the pitfall of trying...

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