Tag Archives: Wisdom

Biblical Wisdom Literature: Proverbs and Ecclesiastes (OT Lesson 31)

This Sunday School lesson covers the entirety of the biblical books of Proverbs and Ecclesiastes. Of course justice cannot be done to these books in one lesson (or in one blog post). I will attempt to give a bit of an overview of what these two books are about in a way that I hope [...]
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Temple Studies Symposium III: Margaret Barker

Dr Margaret Barker: The Holy Oil in the Temple Tradition The following are my notes from Dr Margaret Barker’s presentation, which served as an introduction to the use of the holy anointing oil from the time of the First Temple period. Please excuse the incompleteness of the notes, and my apologies to Dr Barker if [...]
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How Many Judaisms?

Often when we think of Judaism, with think of this ancient monolithic system that has never changed much. Many assume that the Judaism of today is the same as the Judaism of ancient Rabbis, which is the same Judaism as is presented in the New Testament and, likewise, the Old. Nothing could be further from [...]
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