The Burning Bush of Exodus This post is a guest post kindly submitted by a friend of mine, and it’s my belief you’ll find it interesting. If you have any questions for him, I’ll add links to his website, and you can contact him directly. I’m sure he’d love to…
The Old Testament/Hebrew Bible
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It’s been suggested by some scholars that God chose the Hebrews as his special people due to their contentiousness. Although I can think of a few other reasons, the idea does have merit, for their propensity to challenge and argue surfaces repeatedly throughout the Old/Hebrew Bible. Moreover, neither Christianity nor…
I’ve always been interested in the story of Jacob wrestling with God (although in this picture it’s an angel), because it’s so rich in symbolism. Interpretations of the incident meander across the three Abrahamic religions, and range from one extreme to the other. Here are some: It is metaphorical: Jacob…