I would like to suggest an understanding of an Old Testament passage which is dependent upon a discussion in an earlier blog entry which can be found here. Quite simply, that discussion considered a peculiar Hebrew idiom, the most familiar expression of which is the numerical proverbs found occasionally in the book of Proverbs. It [...]
Archive for June, 2008
Just How Old Was Saul?
Posted in Bookman, Old Testament, Opening the New Testament and Finding the Old, Saul on June 24, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The Paralytic
Posted in Bookman, Jesus' Deity, Jesus' Humanity, Life of Christ, New Testament on June 14, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Recently a friend posed a question relating to the story of the palsied man lowered through the roof in Capernaum (Mt 9:1-8), and specifically to Jesus’ offer of forgiveness in that pericope. Basically, the question had to do with the apparent incongruity of a man offering forgiveness. The question included the suggestion (rejected by the [...]
