Messianic Expansion

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

His life will repose in bounty, and his seed will inherit the earth.  Psalm 25:13  Robert Alter translation Will inherit – When the ESV, NIV, NLT and NASB choose to translate ‘erets as “land,” we miss the vital connection between David’s poetry and Yeshua’s beatitude.  Translators may sometimes be justified in choosing “land” rather than…

The Third Beatitude

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

He leads the lowly in justice and teaches the lowly His way.  Psalm 25:9  Robert Alter translation Lowly – “Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth.”  So reads the usual translation of Yeshua’s third Beatitude.  A direct quote from Psalm 37:11, the key word is ‘anawim (the meek, the humble, the lowly)…