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The Exodus Narrative as Another Creation Story (for Old Testament Lesson 13)

By David Larsen | Published: March 24, 2010
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 [...]
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King and Messiah in the Psalms: From the Work of Aage Bentzen

By David Larsen | Published: April 23, 2009
For a few decades in the beginning-to-middle of the 20th century, a very interesting approach to looking at the Psalms of the Old Testament was launched, especially in Europe.  This approach, unfortunately, has fallen somewhat out of favor, and perhaps never fully caught on here in the U.S.  The approach I am referring to is [...]
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The Psalms: Hymn Book of the Temple

By David Larsen | Published: July 24, 2008
In the closing lines of my last post, I cited an intriguing statement by Margaret Barker: “The Psalms were the hymn book of the temple, and in them we glimpse something of the ancient liturgy” (M. Barker, Temple Themes in Christian Worship, p. 137). If this is truly the case, then a careful study of the Psalms should [...]
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