I am a stranger on earth. Hide not your commandments from me. Psalm 119:19 (Abraham Heschel translation) Stranger – John Oswalt’s book, The Bible Among the Myths, is an excellent analysis of the concept of myth in the ancient world. His insights help us see why the Bible is not to be categorized as myth,…
Now Jacob lived in the land where his father had sojourned, in the land of Canaan. Genesis 37:1 NASB Sojourned – Did you think Jacob’s emotional trauma was resolved at Jabbok? Do you believe that crossing over into conscious self-identity means finding peace? Perhaps you need to reconsider. The Joseph story begins on an ominous…
Depart from evil and do good, so you will abide forever. Psalm 37:27 Abide Forever – If we read this verse from an evangelical perspective, we will be quite happy with the translation “abide forever.” That translation fits our conception of eternal life. But the Tanakh has almost nothing to say about a life of…
