Mike Bull is an graphic designer in the wonderfully named Katoomba, New South Wales, who writes about the Bible. He’s produced a massive “biblical theology of the whole Christ” entitled Totus Christus . There are a lot of juicy details here, but the overall scheme is to . . . . Continue Reading »
In a 1996 article, Angel Manuel Rodriguez offers a close structural analysis of the day of coverings rite in Leviticus 16. Overall, he finds that the chapter is a chiasm: “Yahweh said to Moses” ——- “And Yahweh said to Moses” |A Aaron should not go into most . . . . Continue Reading »
Leviticus 23 has five speeches of Yahweh: A. Sabbath, Passover, Unleavened Bread, vv 1-8 B. First Sheaf, Pentecost, Gleaning, vv 9-22 C. Trumpets, vv 23-26 B’. Day of Coverings, vv 26-32 A’. Booths, vv 33-44 Several links in this structure are worth noting. First, the chapter begins and . . . . Continue Reading »
Pentecost is a bread feast, a feast of leaven (Leviticus 23:17). Animals are brought as offerings, plenty of them, but these are brought “with the bread,” accompaniments to the bread rather than the other way round. It’s quite fitting, then, that after the leaven of the . . . . Continue Reading »
The presentation of the first sheaf (Leviticus 23:9-13) provides a neat little allegory of redemption. The first sheaf is presented on the day after the sabbath, the day of resurrection. It is the “beginning” of the harvest (v. 10), and Leviticus uses the same word as is . . . . Continue Reading »
When Paul talks about the “fullness of time,” he’s likely alluding back to the calendar of Leviticus 23. Pentecost is calculated from the day of the first sheaf, and the time is described as a “complete” set of sabbaths. The word translated as . . . . Continue Reading »
Adorno neatly sums up the intention and result of Kant’s aesthetics in a cople of lines: “the significance of Kantian subjectivism as a whole lies in its objective intention, its attempt to salvage objectivity by means of an analysis of subjective moments.” And, noting that Kant . . . . Continue Reading »
1 Peter 1:3: Blessed by the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. As Pastor Sumpter mentioned in the sermon this morning, Peter’s prayer is a . . . . Continue Reading »
“How can a man be born again when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb?” Nicodemus’ way of putting the question sounds childish; but it’s a common question. My life is a mess, and what’s done cannot be undone. Then along comes . . . . Continue Reading »
Carroll again: He explains that much recent film criticism takes its cues from the effort to maximize aesthetic satisfaction. This is evident in the respect given to “transgressive” films that overturn “what are called the codes of Hollywood filmmaking”: “Within . . . . Continue Reading »
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