Category Archives: School Journal

Notes on Early Jewish Belief in a Messiah

By David Larsen | Published: April 28, 2010
The following is from some notes that I took in Professor Jim Davila’s class on the Dead Sea Scrolls this week. I sit in on this undergraduate class of his just to get more exposure to his great knowledge and expertise on this topic. The way the class is set up, at least at this [...]
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Genesis Theology

By David Larsen | Published: March 16, 2010
In our Biblical Studies seminar here at St Andrews we heard yesterday from Joel Kaminsky, professor of Hebrew Bible and Jewish Studies at Smith College in Northampton, MA. He spoke on an article that he is writing about the theology of the book of Genesis. This was very timely for me, as I had just [...]
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This Week: Codex Vaticanus and “Performative Deification”

By David Larsen | Published: March 12, 2010
I have had another very busy week working on my dissertation and following the courses I’m attending.  So, unfortunately, I have not had time to do any research on this week’s OT lesson, “How Can I Do This Great Wickedness” from Genesis 34; 37-39.  And that is unfortunate, because I really love the story of [...]
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Personal News

By David Larsen | Published: May 21, 2009
I must apologize for not having posted much lately.  I have had a large number of things going on, all at the same time, for the past few weeks.  If you don’t mind me sharing some personal news, I will briefly make note of some of the things that have happened recently. I graduated from [...]
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St Ignatius of Loyola’s Spiritual Calisthenics

By David Larsen | Published: March 5, 2009
I recently had to do a presentation for my History of Theology class on a text by St. Ignatius of Loyola called The Spiritual Exercises – specifically, the “Annotations” ammended to it.  For those who may not be as familiar with St. Ignatius of Loyola: He was born 1491 in Spain and became a strong defender of [...]
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