Figure It Out

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

I will open my mouth in a parable; I will tell riddles of old, which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.  Psalm 78:2-3  NASB Parable/ riddle – māšāl and ḥîdâ (parable and riddle).  How are these two terms connected? First, we need to know what the Hebrew idea of “parable” really is.  “A….

Mystery Music

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will express my riddle on the harp.  Psalm 49:4  NASB Riddle – Samson was tested.  Solomon was asked.  David made mention.  But it never confronted Moses.  What is it?  A riddle (ḥîdâ), of course.  “The ḥîdâ is an enigmatic saying, question, or story whose meaning must be determined…