Tag: historical criticism
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Studying Jeremiah Part 2 Prequel
We are studying parts of Jeremiah 22 for Sunday, May 24 – some of which we already looked at last week, to explain the justice and righteousness being called for in Jeremiah 21. I’m still behind schedule – it looks like this will be a perpetual thing for the next several weeks, because the pace…
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How Jewish Was Jesus?
Levine, Amy-Jill. The Misunderstood Jew: The Church and the Scandal of the Jewish Jesus. HarperOne, 2006. [An Installment of the “Read Me” Project.] How Jewish was Jesus? Thoroughly. If only we would stop forgetting that. If only EVERY CHRISTIAN would read this book. Barring that, if only every pastor and Christian writer would read this…
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That Old Time Religion, First Century Version
Wylen, Stephen M. The Jews in the Time of Jesus: An Introduction. New York: Paulist Press, 1996. [An installment of the “Read Me” Project] The Jews in the Time of Jesus ended up on the Read Me shelf because a book about 1st century Judaism looked so fascinating, and at the same time useful and…
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Classic Piety
Here’s a quote from Russell McCutcheon et al.’s terrific website Studying Religion: As already noted, in Ancient Greek, the term eusebia, or in Latin pietas, signified reverence, honor, and esteem–notably as expressed in social and legal relationships. Examples would include the “proper” relations between husband and wife, parent and child, master and slave, soldiers and…
Matters of Interpretation 