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Is r>g?
Capital in the Twenty-First Century is really two books, maybe three. The first is a book of…
First the Table
The Eucharist is a memorial of Jesus, a ritual portrayal of the church God promised to form.…
Son and Bride
In a recent post, I presented a case for seeing the sacrificial system of Leviticus as a continuous…
God’s Eunuchs
Ramses III was not the only ancient conqueror who castrated his conquered enemies (see Niehaus, Ancient Near Eastern…
Pious Imprecations
John Walton observes that there are no real parallels to the imprecatory Psalms in Ancient Near Eastern…
The Progress of Wisdom
It was suggested long ago by Origen that the canonical arrangement of the three books of wisdom…
Gift of the Spirit
At every stage of His incarnation, Jesus is involved with the Spirit. Jesus was conceived by the…
Nevin Lectures 2014
Dr. Timothy George, Dean of Beeson Divinity School in Birmingham, was the first Nevin Lecturer at Trinity…
Piketty Describes Capital’s Vulnerability—Not Its Triumph
I found myself backtracking after working through Piketty’s discussion of inequality of labor income. That’s because there’s…
Ancient Influence
The possibility that the Babylonian “creation” stories were influenced by the biblical account are usually dismissed quickly…
Presbyterians at the Table
Ronald Byars’s Come and See is a piece of theological/religious reporting, but on a topic that doesn’t often…
Look and be Radiant
In the blessing he pronounced over Israel, Aaron was to say “Yahweh make His face to shine…
History from Below
Social history in various forms, history that focuses not on kings and battles but on the common…
We Are Moving Toward Meritocratic Extremism
I‘m bogging down on page 335. Slow going because of work. But it remains fascinating. Piketty toggles…
First Links — 6.6.14
Why I Gave Up Alcohol D. L. Mayfield, Christianity Today Hitler’s ‘Mighty Miscalculation’ Malise Ruthven, The New…
