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Out with the Old Moses, In with the New Joshua
Musings on Deuteronomy/Joshua (Old Testament Lessons 17 and 18)
As I was studying recently about the “transfer of power” from the prophet Moses to his young aide, Joshua, it hit me that there was a similarity in this motif with the ideas presented in a paper by Julian Morgenstern that I recently read called “The King-God [...]
Posted in Scripture Tagged Deuteronomy, Israel, Joshua, Julian Morgenstern, lesson, Moses, Old Testament, Tammuz, Temple of Solomon 6 Comments
Sinai Relived: Ritual Retelling of the Sinai Story in the Psalms
(Old Testament Lesson 14 — Exodus 15-20; 32-34)
I would like to share some musings on a source for studying the Sinai story that many might not think of — the Psalms. There will be some overlap here with my previous post on the Exodus story, so if you read that one, please bear with me [...]
Also posted in Early Judaism, Temple Tagged Egypt, Israel, kingship, liturgy, Mt. Sinai, Psalms 4 Comments
The Exodus Narrative as Another Creation Story (for Old Testament Lesson 13)
Please excuse me for not sharing much for the last couple of weeks. I have been working hard on my dissertation. Unfortunately, I missed commenting on a story I really love — the Joseph in Egypt narrative. I won’t take the time to backtrack now and write much on it, but I have always thought [...]
Also posted in Doctrinal Issues, Favorite Posts, LDS Interest Tagged Creation, Crispin Fletcher-Louis, Exodus, Hebrew Bible, LDS, Lesson 13, Moses, Old Testament, Red Sea, Sigmund Mowinckel, Sunday School 7 Comments
Genesis Theology
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 [...]
Also posted in Doctrinal Issues, Early Judaism, LDS Interest, Religious Scholars, School Journal 4 Comments
Gospel Doctrine Resources for Lessons 20-21