Teaching Righteousness and Justice
by Peter J. LeithartAbrahamic promises come with Abrahamic obligations. Continue Reading »
Reckoning Time in Genesis
by Peter J. LeithartJeffery Leonard ends a Review of Biblical Literature (4/15) review of BC Hodge's Revisiting the Days of Genesis with this observation:“While the author does a workmanlike job of demonstrating how various numbers in Gen 1–11 could be interpreted symbolically, it is not at all clear to me . . . . Continue Reading »
Literary Patterns in Genesis
by Peter J. LeithartOn the literary patterning of Genesis 1-11. Continue Reading »
Pedagogy and Counter-Pedagogy in Genesis
by Peter J. LeithartYahweh forms Adam and builds Eve. Then He leaves the scene. Continue Reading »
World-Making Word
by Peter J. LeithartGod speaks the world into existence. What does that say about speech? Continue Reading »
Anti-Patriarchal Patriarchs
by Peter J. LeithartThe patriarchal stories of Genesis don’t conform to patriarchal expectations. Continue Reading »
Wives and Daughters
by Peter J. LeithartDaughters and wives in the primeval history of Genesis 1-11. Continue Reading »
Knowing in the Biblical Sense
by Peter J. LeithartAnother instance of “knowing in the biblical sense.” Continue Reading »
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