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Septuagint Sunday: Congratulations to…
This past week I’ve received some 50 entries in a giveaway contest for a study by Myrto Theocharous called Lexical Dependence and Intertextual Allusion in the Septuagint of the Twelve Prophets: Studies in Hosea, Amos and Micah. You can read more about the book here. I’ve made some progress in reading the book myself this week, … Continue reading
Book Giveaway Reminder
This is a reminder that Sunday night I’ll be announcing the winner of a study by Myrto Theocharous called Lexical Dependence and Intertextual Allusion in the Septuagint of the Twelve Prophets: Studies in Hosea, Amos and Micah. If you haven’t already entered the giveaway, there’s still time. Go here to read more and enter.
Free Book! Septuagint Sunday Giveaway: Lexical Dependence and Intertextual Allusion in the LXX 12 Prophets
I am giving away a book at Words on the Word this week. It’s a study by Myrto Theocharous called Lexical Dependence and Intertextual Allusion in the Septuagint of the Twelve Prophets: Studies in Hosea, Amos and Micah. This author had me at the title. (Seriously.) It’s part of the Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies … Continue reading
Leslie C. Allen’s Liturgy of Grief for under $5 (ebook)
Leslie C. Allen’s Liturgy of Grief is under $5 this month in ebook form. It’s here on Amazon ($4.99) and here on CBD ($3.99). It’s a good deal for a great “pastoral commentary” on Lamentations. I reviewed the book this summer, as well as interviewed the author.
Review of Malachi (Baylor Handbook on the Hebrew Text), part 2
In this post I both explain the jarring Malachi 2:3-4 as well as offer part 2 of my review of Malachi: A Handbook on the Hebrew Text by Terry W. Eddigner (Baylor University Press, 2012). Part 1 of the review is here. Eddinger begins each passage with his own English translation, then analyzes the Hebrew text … Continue reading
Review of Malachi (Baylor Handbook on the Hebrew Text), part 1
“Because of you I will rebuke your descendants; I will smear on your faces the dung from your festival sacrifices, and you will be carried off with it. And you will know that I have sent you this warning so that my covenant with Levi may continue,” says the Lord Almighty. –Malachi 2:3-4 (NIV) Although Words on the Word has … Continue reading
Words on the Word Interview with Leslie C. Allen, Author of Liturgy of Grief
Not long ago I reviewed Leslie C. Allen’s Liturgy of Grief: A Pastoral Commentary on Lamentations. The book gently yet steadily coaches the reader in processing grief, expositing and drawing on the rich Biblical tradition of lament. I interviewed Dr. Allen this week. You write, “Contemporary Western culture provides little space for grief.” Why do you think … Continue reading
Good Grief (a review of A Liturgy of Grief)
There is a Yiddish proverb that calls tears the soap of the soul. The release, rather than the bottling up, of inarticulate emotion is a valuable first aid to be applied over and over again to the raw wounds of grief. –A Liturgy of Grief, p. 2 My boss and I have recently lamented together … Continue reading
Bifid
The prophets in the Hebrew Bible knew how to throw down. They often ran the risk of death for their faithfulness in sharing God’s message with others. But that didn’t stop them. One potentially confusing thing about the prophets is their frequent and sometimes abrupt transition between good news and bad news. Scholars refer to … Continue reading
