Monthly Archives: November 2012

My Bible – A Jew’s Perspective

Posted on November 29, 2012 by rjs5

The first essay in the new book by Marc Zvi Brettler (Brandeis University), Peter Enns (Eastern University) and Daniel J. Harrington (Boston College), The Bible and the Believer: How to Read the Bible Critically & Religiously, is by Brettler. In … Continue reading →

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Job’s Lament (and What’s in it For Me?)

Posted on November 27, 2012 by rjs5

The poetic portion of the book of Job begins in Chapter 3 with Job breaking the silence and cursing the day of his birth. Translation below from Tremper Longman III (Job (Baker Commentary on the Old Testament Wisdom and Psalms)) … Continue reading →

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We Must Believe in Age

Posted on November 20, 2012 by rjs5

Among other things lately, I have been reading from Christian letters to a post-Christian world, a selection of essays by Dorothy Sayers, unfortunately out of print now. C. S. Lewis has a broad readership among Christians – and well deserved. … Continue reading →

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The Roles of Biblical Criticism

Posted on November 15, 2012 by rjs5

The introduction to the new book by  Marc Brettler (Brandeis University), Peter Enns (Eastern University) and Daniel J. Harrington (Boston College), The Bible and the Believer: How to Read the Bible Critically & Religiously, provides a brief sketch of the … Continue reading →

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Job is Innocent – And He Proves Faithful

Posted on November 13, 2012 by rjs5

The prose prologue to the book of Job, found in chapters 1 and 2, introduces a number of issues that challenge standard Christian presuppositions.  The commentaries by John Walton (Job (The NIV Application Commentary)) and Tremper Longman III (Job (Baker … Continue reading →

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The Bible and the Believer

Posted on November 8, 2012 by rjs5

A couple of years ago Pete Enns, along with  Marc Brettler (Brandeis University) and Daniel J. Harrington (Boston College) participated in a panel discussion at The University of Pennsylvania on “The Challenge of Reading the Bible Today: Can the Bible … Continue reading →

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The accuser is not Satan

Posted on November 6, 2012 by rjs5

The prose prologue to the book of Job, found in chapters 1 and 2, introduces a number of issues that challenge standard Christian presuppositions. As a result I am going to move rather slowly, in two or three posts, through … Continue reading →

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Justice or Wisdom?

Posted on November 2, 2012 by rjs5

John Walton and Tremper Longman III have slightly different takes on the book of Job as outlined in the introductions to their  new commentaries (Job (The NIV Application Commentary)) and Job (Baker Commentary on the Old Testament Wisdom and Psalms)). … Continue reading →

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