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Un-believable

But I confess this to you, that in accordance with [h]the Way, which they call a sect, I do serve the God of our fathers, believing everything that is in accordance with the Law and is written in the Prophets; 15 having a hope in God, which these men cherish themselves, that there shall certainly be a resurrection of both the righteous…
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The “Middle” Man

For I am mindful of the sincere faith within you, which first dwelled in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am sure that it is in you as well. 2 Timothy 1:5 NASB First dwelled – Was Timothy a Christian?  Was his grandmother or his mother?  If Paul wasn’t a Christian (and there is plenty of…
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Homelessness

Woe, who add house to house, who put field together with field till there is no space left and you alone are settled, in the heart of the land.  Isaiah 5:8  Robert Alter You alone – Private property and boundaries are at the heart of Israel’s social system.  Since the day the tribes settled in…
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Resignation or Praise

And he said, “Naked I came out from my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return there.  The LORD has given and the LORD has taken away.  May the LORD’s name be blessed.”  Job 1:21 Robert Alter Naked – “You can’t take it with you.”  We all know that is absolutely true.  We came into…
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The Invention of Religion

Elu v’elu divrei elohim hayim  Talmud Eruvin 13b Elu v’elu (These and these) – The Talmud relates the following story: Rabbi Abba said that Shmuel said: For three years Beit Shammai and Beit Hillel disagreed. These said: The halakha is in accordance with our opinion, and these said: The halakha is in accordance with our opinion. Ultimately, a Divine Voice emerged and proclaimed: Both these and those…
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Who’s to Blame

So the Lord said to Joshua, “Stand up! Why is it that you have fallen on your face?  Joshua 7:10 NASB וַיֹּ֧אמֶר יְהֹוָ֛ה אֶל־יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ קֻ֣ם לָ֑ךְ לָ֣מָּה זֶּ֔ה אַתָּ֖ה נֹפֵ֥ל עַל־פָּנֶֽיךָ Stand up! קֻ֣ם “Stand up”  1999           קוּם (qûm) rise, arise, stand[1] לָ֑ךְ “toward”  “from”  1063  לְ (lĕ) to, at, in, in reference to, of, by etc.[2] …
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