A Curious Case of Coronation

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

and they said to him, “Behold, you have grown old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint a king for us to judge us like all the nations.” 1 Samuel 8:5 NASB Appoint – First, a bit of technical stuff. The Hebrew text is the word sima(h)-la’nu, from the verb sym…

Midrash and Remez

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

He built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD has said, “In Jerusalem I will put My name.”  2 Kings 21:4  NASB Put – In the conversation with Nicodemus, Yeshua says that He must be “lifted up” just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness.  This appears to be…