Exegetical Guesswork

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

Therefore, his people turn back to them, and find no fault in them.  Psalm 73:10 ESV Turn back – Sometimes the biblical text that we have doesn’t seem to make any sense at all.  Alter notes that this cryptic verse “has almost certainly suffered mangling in scribal transmission.”[1]  Alter follows the proposed emendation of Hans-Joachim…

End of the Agreement?

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

Then He said, “Name him Lo-ammi (Not-My-People); for you are not My people, and I am not your God. Hosea 1:9 (NASB) Not your God – Hosea is a book of word puns, double meanings and striking metaphors.  Many of these are lost in the English translation.  Usually this doesn’t have a significant impact on…