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Monthly Archives: April 2011
Esther 1-2 – Parties That Bring Change
1:1-3 – The stage is set. According to Adele Berlin, chapter one “portrays the Persian court in all its decadent lavishness” and “sets the tone of the book” which is a “tone of excess, buffoonery, and bawdiness” (3). This would … Continue reading
Brief Introduction to the Book of Esther
This is a story of feasts or banquets (Esther 1:3, 5, 9; 2:18; 5:2-5; 5:8; 8:17; 9:17-19) and thus “the major purpose of the book of Esther is to provide the historical grounds for the celebration of the feast of … Continue reading
Posted in 2 Maccabees, Additonal Esther, Esther, Romans
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Test on Daniel
So I decided a couple of years ago that I would provide a “test” on the books of the Bible that we covered in Bible study on Wednesdays. I determined to do this for the pedagogical reason that we learn … Continue reading
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Susanna and Bel and the Dragon
<!–[if !mso]> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } <![endif]–> Neither of these two additions to the Book of Daniel has come down in a Hebrew text, but instead in the Theodotion, LXX and Latin Vulgate recensions. They were thus never included as part of … Continue reading
Posted in Daniel, Deuteronomy, Ezekiel, Leviticus
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Teaching the NT in Two Weeks (for 7th Graders)
The New Covenant: The Life of Christ (Matthew-John) The One Who Comes – The path of the LORD was prepared by the coming of John the Baptizer. Jesus of Nazareth was born to fulfill the word of the LORD and … Continue reading
Daniel 12 – The Vision of the End
11:36-39 – The king who exalts himself. This king does have certain levels of overlap with Antiochus IV Epiphanes (and many commentators believe that this individual is one and the same), but the description does not fit as it did … Continue reading
Posted in 1 John, 2 Thessalonians, Daniel, Deuteronomy, Ezekiel, Ezra, Genesis, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Job, Jude, Judges, Malachi, Mark, Matthew, Nehemiah, Philippians, Psalms, Revelation
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