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To ready yourself for Tuesday’s class, please write a blog post on the following: What does Scripture mean by “fulfillment”? (Use the citation from Hosea as an example in your answer.) Second, identify anything you can see in these opening chapters of the Gospels of Matthew and Luke that addresses the elements of the OldContinue reading “March 3rd”

By your reading of the chapters in Numbers, what would you say it is that leads to the wilderness generation’s condemnation? What is it that leads to Moses’? (2) The book of Deuteronomy presents Moses’ last discourse before his death just outside the Promised Land. Under Moses’ successor, Joshua, Israel will enter in and takeContinue reading “February 20th”

 (1) What is purity / impurity? (2) Why does God require the maintenance of purity? (3) What is the logic of the laws we encounter related to purity, specifically the food laws? Mary Douglas draws upon mankind’s and Earth’s creation to argue what is pure and what is impure. To her, creation is the ultimate good, andContinue reading “February 18th”

“Who is God?” To begin, I’ll describe God as he describes himself. When he appeared to Moses in the flames of the bush, Moses asks what to call him, to which God responded “I am who I am” and proceeds to say “say this to the people of Israel ‘I Am has sent me toContinue reading “February 11th”

Why does Joseph plant the silver cup? What is the ultimate aim of such a move? How does this relate to his status as the beloved son? Appeal explicitly to the story as a whole (i.e. Gen 37-50) and to article from Anderson in your answer? When you look at the complete story of Joseph,Continue reading “February 6th”

The narrative of Jacob and Esau carries forward Genesis’ presentation of what it means to be God’s elect. As with Abraham and Isaac, we should expect some sort of “death” and “resurrection,” much as we saw in the Aqedah. To see how that pattern emerges in the life of Jacob, who himself will undergo a kindContinue reading “February 3rd”

What is religion? Religion is not a word that is possible to define in a simple phrase like in a dictionary. With the extensive history behind religion and its many facets, there are many elements of religion that can mean different things to different people. In fact, countless people have tried for many years toContinue reading “January 30th”

According to Wilken (and Augustine from whom Wilken draws his thought), why is faith unavoidable? Why is it beneficial? Cite some passages. According to Wilken, faith is unavoidable because it is what holds civilization together. Everything we know is based off of our faith in someone’s authority as well as their honesty. To use Wilken’sContinue reading “January 28th”

Why does Abraham agree to the request made of him by God? (2) Is Abraham lying in 22:5 and 22:8? (3) What is the God’s intention in making Abraham go through with this ordeal? (4) Is Abraham praiseworthy? Is God? To understand why Abraham agrees to the request made of him by God, you haveContinue reading “January 23rd”

What I got from Genesis 4-11 is a continuation of a commentary on human nature and how God reacted to it. In the first couple chapters, we see that God created humans in his image. Given that God created humans to be similar to God in appearance, he most likely expected humans to act inContinue reading “January 21st”