Showing posts with label OT. Show all posts
Showing posts with label OT. Show all posts
2022/06/17

Ugaritic Yom Kippur

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Among religious texts from Ugarit is also a beautiful and deeply meaningful liturgy of communal penitence. It is a Canaanite, pagan, Late br...
2022/02/24

God against censorship

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American white evangelicals have been recently up in arms, yelling at teachers and being rude at school board meetings, attempting to ban bo...
2022/01/13

Revolution in Heaven

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Nine classes of angels in three spheres depicted in a medieval manuscript. Have you heard about the revolution in heaven? Have you heard how...
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2021/12/30

God and her loom

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The Bible is full of surprising images and metaphors when it speaks about God. Take for instance Jesus’ parable of the lost coin. In it God ...
2021/11/19

Fragrant Christ

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It is a sign of biblical literacy, if not basic cultural competence, to know that “Christ” was not Jesus’ second name nor his surname. Child...
2021/08/20

Biblical Hopscotch

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In our series “Who wrote the Bible” we come to the book of Daniel. It will be our introduction to the apocalyptic genre. There were earlier ...
2021/08/13

Gospel in Cuneiform

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A recreation of KTU 1.24.7 Among the Ugaritic cuneiform tablets dated to 12 th century BCE is also a myth about the wedding of Yarich (moon...
2021/08/04

David the Hellene

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David and Goliath is a beautifully crafted story. The bucolic pastoral innocence of David is alluringly contrasted with his vulgar mercena...