Of the atonement, Robert Jenson writes: “We do not want to share the Son’s relation to the Father, we do not want there to be a Father; and that is why the one who said, ‘When you pray, say ‘Our Father,’ had to die. The Father sends servant after servant and . . . . Continue Reading »
Isaiah 56:3, 6 promises that the sons of strangers will be joined to Yahweh. Zechariah 2:11 says the same. In both passages, the verb “join” translates the Hebrew lawah , the verb on which the name “Levi” is a pun. The prophets are not simply talking about . . . . Continue Reading »
In an interview on Ken Myers’ Mars Hill audio magazine, Lew Daly comments on the failure of American law to recognize the reality of groups. Corporations are recognized as legal persons endowed with rights, but other groups are not. This gives corporations enormous legal clout in . . . . Continue Reading »
In his book on the Peruvian village of Pomatamba, Adam K. Webb applies the much-mocked Distributism of GK Chesterton and Hillaire Belloc to issues of globalization and development. In an interview available on the Intercollegiate Studies Institute web site, he answers a question of whether he . . . . Continue Reading »
Tournay also has an explanation for the apparent mangling of names in the Song. “Amminadab” appears where we might expect Abinadab, Shunammite where we might be thinking of Shulamite. This, he argues, is purposeful. The names are to bring to mind their historical . . . . Continue Reading »
Like other commentators on the Song, Raymond Jacques Tournay suggests that the “chariots of Amminadab” and the dance referredto at the end of Song of Song 6 allude to David’s entry into Jerusalem with the ark. What he adds is an allusion to the exile ad return: “In Song 7:1, . . . . Continue Reading »
David Brooks’s NYT editorial today puts Gen. McChrystal’s removal in cultural context. Everyone in DC and in the military kvetches, Brooks says; it’s part of the culture, part of the way political groups maintain their cohesion over against everyone else. It has always . . . . Continue Reading »
The Bible first mentions “fragrance” in connection with Noah’s sacrifice following the flood. He offers up a pacifying (a “noachic”) fragrance by turning animals to smoke (Genesis 8:21). The next time there’s a fragrance, it’s Jacob dressed in . . . . Continue Reading »
Barth famously describes the incarnation as the Son’s journey into a far country, borrowing a phrase from the story of the Prodigal Son. Is Jesus the Prodigal? The parable of Luke 15 doesn’t completely work as an allegory of Jesus; it’s an allegory of Israel in the first . . . . Continue Reading »
Israel, heaven and earth, the islands are to “rejoice and be glad” in Yahweh (Psalms 14:7; 16:9; 31:7; 32:11; 97:1, 8). The combination of terms is used in liturgical contexts; rejoicing and being glad is an act of worship. Then Proverbs 23:24-25: Father and mother rejoice and are . . . . Continue Reading »
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