Bait and Switch

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed James 1:14 KJV (Cambridge Edition) Enticed – The last word in this phrase is the Greek word deleazomenos.  It comes from the imagery of hunting.  It means “to bait or trap.”  We sometimes see it translated as “seduced” or…

Sin Revisited (2)

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

And YHWH Elohim formed Man out of dry, loose earth dirt Genesis 2:7a (my translation) Formed – We’ve learned that this occurrence of yatsar contains a double Yod.  The rabbis tell us that this indicates the two impulses of Man, the yetser ha-tov and the yester ha’ra.  It’s pretty clear that tov (good) and ra…