Psalms and Proverbs: A Question of Authorship
Part of my approach to teaching is requiring students to write questions about lectures, articles, textbooks, and Biblical texts. (Trying to help them…
Category: Proverbs
Proverbs Gone Bad
I was reminded recently of how proverbs (both Biblical and otherwise) are often abused: through universalizing their claims to all situations. A proverb,…
Silver Dross or Like a Glaze
I was a little surprised to find that the TNIV and NIV 2011 have reverted to the Masoretic text (partially) of Proverbs 26:23…
Hebraizing Students
The results of my Hebraic influence on students is beginning to show as seen in the following proverb from one of them written…
Esther 5-6 – The Tale Turns
5:1-8 – Esther’s Request. After three days of fasting (by both the Jews of Susa and Esther and her entourage), Esther determined it…
Esther 3-4 – A Time for Action
3:1-6 – Haman…the Agagite. Whereas the last we read would have suggested that Mordecai should have been rewarded by the king, we find…
The Old Testament for Seventh Graders (in Four Weeks!) 4
Life Under the Covenant – Joshua-Malachi Story: Living in the Land (Joshua-2 Chronicles) – Israel entered the land of eternal promise, but once…
Blessed be the One Who Grabs Babylon's Babies and Smashes Them on a Rock: A Psalm
By the rivers of Babylon we sit down and weep when we remember Zion. On the poplars in her midst we hang our…
Daniel 3 – The God Who Saves
3:1-7 – The image of gold. Theodotian and the LXX provide an interesting time note that is not included in the Aramaic text…
Daniel 1 – When In Exile….
<!–[if !mso]> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } <![endif]–> <!–[if !mso]> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } <![endif]–> Brief Introduction to the Book – Daniel was taken into captivity in the…