I Don’t Go in for Hierarchy
I’ve been reading the first few chapters of Touching Heaven the last few days, and there’s something in it that sticks in my craw. In a word, it’s hierarchy. The book is about Orthodox Christianity, …
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Self-assertion Started It
On page 11, the Oxford summarized the book of Genesis this way: “Genesis … contains two major parts: the primeval history … which tells how human self-assertion brought the world to the brink of destruction; and the history of Israel’s ancestors.”
The Hebrews’ Book
This is an ongoing series of meditations on faith, in response to readings from the articles that preface The Oxford Study Bible. I will trust the reader to dig up the context if the meaning …
Whose Scriptures Are They?
This is an ongoing series of meditations on faith, in response to readings from the articles that preface The Oxford Study Bible. I will trust the reader to dig up the context if the meaning …
Radical Disciples
This is an ongoing series of meditations on faith, in response to readings from the articles that preface The Oxford Study Bible. I will trust the reader to dig up the context if the meaning …
When the Prophets Railed
This is an ongoing series of meditations on faith, in response to readings from the articles that preface The Oxford Study Bible. I will trust the reader to dig up the context if the meaning …
Marduk and Tiamat Didn’t Work it Out
In the beginning there was freshwater Apsu of the abyss and saltwater Tiamat of the deep. Later, when the gods came to exist, Tiamat and Apsu conspired against them until Marduk, patron of Babylon, fought …