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Mutual Coronation
Isaiah 62:3 has numerous parallels with Isaiah 28:1-5. 1) Both passages use the word crown (‘atarah). It…
Duration
Corey Latta borrows the title of his When the Eternal Can Be Met from CS Lewis’s The Great…
Blood and Flesh, Earth and Heaven
A Pyramid Text (see Faulkner, Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts, 64) includes a curse from a Pharaoh against enemies:…
Research Project
The project: Trace the use of “perichoretic” modes of thought in modern philosophy, particularly French philosophy. Follow…
Fingers
“When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers,” David writes (Psalm 8:3). Why would God…
Who Marries Whom?
Through Isaiah, the Lord promises, “as a young man marries a virgin, so your sons will marry…
The Eruption of Pentecost
This Sunday marks the day when churches commemorate the descent of the Spirit. This feast of fiery…
Update: Rome Conference on International Religious Freedom (June 20-21)
For those interested, here’s an update on that Rome conference on international religious freedom I mentioned a…
Is Piketty’s Capital Really About Economics?
I‘ve now completed Part Two of Capital in the Twenty-First Century. (See my analysis of Part One here.) Part…
First Links — 6.5.14
The Philosophy Of Roger Scruton Mervyn F. Bendle, Quadrant Old Spirits Tony Rehagen, Atlanta Magazine Three Genealogies…
Misplaced Outrage
Rupert Shortt, author of Christianophobia, complains that the media misreports incidents of Christian persecution: “The battle for sexual equality clearly…
Perceptible Righteousness
Yahweh won’t rest until Zion’s righteousness and salvation burst out like a flash of lightning. No one…
New Name
Jesus promises the overcomers in the church at Philadelphia that He will set them up as pillars…
Abandoned Temple
Ancient Near Eastern texts often refer to a god abandoning his house, the temple, sometimes in outrage…
De-Assyrianization
In his Babel and Bible, Friedrich Delitzsch pointed to the leftovers of “Sumerian-Babylonian culture” in the modern world…
