Category Archives: Ancient Egypt

Soulen-Egypt and all nations

Posted on November 5, 2018 by

R. Kendall Soulen in The God of Israel and Christian Theology gives us some biblical interpretation worth pondering. To restate something I have already covered, he says that the theme of creation is blessing. God created us to spread his … Continue reading →

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Were Rachel and Leah married to the same man?

Posted on October 4, 2018 by

Rachel means ewe and Leah means cow. There have been jokes about how Leah’s name reflected on her attractiveness. There might be something there. In the story Jacob is much more attracted to Rachel. But the story is the product … Continue reading →

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Allison-God over wishful thinking

Posted on October 1, 2018 by

I have read Dale Allison’s Night Comes: Death, Imagination, and the Last Things. There are three aspects of his book that he mentions right at the end. The first is historical. At various places he has surveyed what Jews and … Continue reading →

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Peterson, Leuchter and me in the middle

Posted on August 20, 2018 by

Over the last few days I have redone my desktop setup. I replaced my huge, noisy old tower with a four-inch by four-inch box. It is totally silent. What a difference a few years makes in technology! Now that I’m … Continue reading →

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Leuchter-chieftains and El worship

Posted on July 31, 2018 by

I decided to come back to something in Mark Leuchter’s approach to Israelite history that has become more important the further I get into The Levites and the Boundaries of Israelite Identity. The important idea is that before the monarchy … Continue reading →

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Leuchter-reimagining the Sea and Moses

Posted on July 19, 2018 by

I have often given reasons on this blog about why the exodus from Egypt happened. Bible writers embellished the story and there are accounts that do not entirely jibe. But there were Semitic laborers exploited by the Egyptians and there were exodus-like … Continue reading →

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Leuchter-a new take on the Merneptah stele

Posted on July 17, 2018 by

Finally, I have been able to begin to read Mark Leuchter’s The Levites and the Boundaries of Israelite Identity. My readers may have noticed that I have had a focus on the Israelite priesthood in my reading and posting for … Continue reading →

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