Thursday, August 1, 2024

Old Testament Essays to Date

In the 52 Sundays of 2023, and the 17 Sundays of 2024, I've written 69 "Sunday essays" on some topic raised by this blog in the Old Testament.  Here is a list and date of those essays.

I break the studies up into roughly five categories: 

   (1) summaries or exposition on a book of the Old Testament,

   (2) studies on certain Hebrew words

   (3) studies on the culture of the ancient Near East (ANE),

   (4) certain characteristics of Hebrew writing, 

and, of course

   (5) Miscellaneous (a catch-all)


  Summaries of Books or Commentaries

    Introduction to the Old Testament, January 1, 2023

    Introduction to to a Study in Genesis, January 8, 2023

    Who Wrote the Torah?, Feb 19, 2023

    An Introduction to Exodus, Feb 26, 2023

    Review of an Exodus Commentary by Terence Fretheim, March 26, 2023

    The Gospel according to Exodus, April 2, 2023

    On Leviticus and Numbers, April 9, 2023

    An Introduction to Deuteronomy, April 16, 2023

    Review of John Currid's Commentary on Deuteronomy, May 7, 2023

    An Introduction to Joshua, May 21, 2023

    An Introduction to Judges, June 18, 2023

    The Transmission of the Old Testament, July 2, 2023

    The Old Testament Manuscripts, July 9, 2023

    An Introduction to Ruth, July 16, 2023

    Discussion Questions for a Study in Ruth, July 23, 2023

    An Introduction to I Samuel, July 30, 2023

    An Introduction to II Samuel, August 27, 2023

    A Review of The David Story by Robert Alter, September 3, 2023

    Fall Into the Psalter, September 24, 2023

    Introduction to the Psalms, October 1, 2023

    The Authors of the Psalms, October 15, 2023

    The Imprecatory Psalms (Do We Ask God to Destroy Our Enemies?), October 29, 2023

    The Penitential Psalms, November 5, 2023

    An Introduction to I Kings, November 12, 2023

    Review of the Book of Ruth by Robert L. Hubbard, November 19, 2023

    Review of Hubbard's Commentary of I & II Kings, November 26, 2023

    An Introduction to II Kings, December 3, 2023

    Psalms of Supplication and Lament, January 7, 2024

    More on the Psalms, February 4, 2024

    An Introduction to the Book of Job, February 11, 2024

    The Message of Job, February 18, 2024

    Review of Hartley's Commentary on Job, February 25, 2024

    One Hundred Psalms, March 3, 2024

    On Robert Alter's The Book of Psalms, March 10, 2024

    Introduction to the First Book of Chronicles, March 21, 2024


  Hebrew Word Studies

    Names of God in the Old Testament, April 23, 2023

    Segulla, A Special Possession, June 4, 2023

    Herem, Fully Devoted, June 11, 2023

    Hesed, Love and Loyalty, August 13, 2023

    Raqia, Vault, Firmament, March 17, 2024

    Selah, Crag, Exaltation, March 24, 2024

    Emeth, Truth, April 7, 2024


  The Ancient Near East

    Children of Abraham, Feb 5, 2023

    Polygamy and Slavery in Old Testament Times, Feb 12, 2023

    The Ancient Near East, March 5, 2023

    The Role of the Law in Israel (Then and Today), March 19, 2023

    Gender Roles in the Old Testament, May 28, 2023 

    Baal and Ashera, Idols of the Ancient Near East, December 17, 2023

    Trees and Rain, January 28, 2024

 

  Characteristics of Hebrew Writing

    The Appearance of Particular Numbers in the Old Testament, March 12, 2023

    The Problem of Large Numbers in the Old Testament, June 25, 2023

    Parallelism in Old Testament Poetry, September 10, 2023

    Chiasmi in Old Testament Prose, September 17, 2023

    Acrostics in the Old Testament, October 8, 2023

    Wordplay in the Old Testament, October 22, 2023

    The Hebrew Aleph-Bet, April 14, 2024

    Hebrew Alephbet: Gimel, Dalet, Heh, April 21, 2024

    Hebrew Alephbet: Waw, Zayin, Het, Tet, Yod, April 28, 2024


  Miscellaneous Studies in the Old Testament

    Join Me in Reading Through the Old Testament!, December 31, 2022

    The Bible and Science, January 15, 2023

    Interpretation vs. Explanation, January 22, 2023

    Imago Dei, January 29, 2023

    The Dietary Laws of the Torah, April 30, 2023

    Deuteronomy and the Mandalorian, May 14, 2023

    Is the Bible Perfect?, August 6, 2023

    Sibling Rivalry, August 20, 2023  

    Flavius Josephus, Ancient Jewish Historian, December 10, 2023

    The Elephantine Fortress and Its Documents, December 24, 2023

    Join Me in Reading Through the Old Testament!, December 31, 2023

    The God Pronoun, January 14, 2024

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