Day: May 14, 2021
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Shabbat shalom
The spirit is truly ‘in its own realm’ if it can confront the world that is unlocked to it, give itself to this world, and in its relation with it save both itself and the world. The distracted, weakened, degenerated, contradictory spirituality which today represents spirit would be able to do this only if it […]
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Reflecting on Jeremiah 38 14-23
We are studying Jeremiah 38:14-23 for Sunday, May 16. This is the final, secret conversation between the prophet Jeremiah and king Zedekiah of Judah, before Zedekiah’s and Jerusalem’s fate is completely sealed. [My notes on the text are here.] After we make sure we can describe the setting, the characters, and the narrative background of […]
Matters of Interpretation 