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The Existential Crisis of Barrenness in the Hebrew Bible1 comment

Vlad wrote 1 month ago: Being the curmudgeon I am, I’ve previously tried to argue that Jephthah may not have literally … more →

Tags: Hebrew Bible, Child Sacrifice, jephthan, Resurrection

Aquinas on God's Knowledge

everydaythomist wrote 4 months ago: Jon Levenson writes in Creation and the Persistence of Evil: The Jewish Drama of Divine Omnipotence … more →

Tags: Thomas Aquinas, Theology, Philosophy, metaphysics, Bible, aquinas, knowledge, Causation, Matthew levering

What Language Can We Use to Talk About God?6 comments

everydaythomist wrote 4 months ago: According to Aquinas, there are two incorrect ways to understand language about God, which Aquinas s … more →

Tags: Bible, metaphysics, Theology, Thomas Aquinas, aquinas, Matthew levering, analogical, univocal, Equivocal

Five Influential Books34 comments

Ken Brown wrote 6 months ago: As I’ve been preparing to apply for PhD programs, I’ve been thinking about those books a … more →

Tags: Graduate School, Blogging, The Bible, Religion, Books, Judaism, Memes, The Temple, Charles Dickens

Levenson on the Uniqueness of the Bible

Ken Brown wrote 6 months ago: Jon Levenson, “The Temple and the World,” Journal of Religion 64 (1984): [T]he quest for … more →

Tags: Culture, Christianity, Morality, Theology, Notable Quotations, God, Redemption, Good and Evil, The Bible

Reading the Hebrew Bible After the Shoah1 comment

Reformed Reader wrote 7 months ago: Jon Levenson (Harvard University) has written a very good review of Marvin Sweeney’s new book, … more →

Tags: Sweeney

levenson at villanova university

art wrote 9 months ago: This past fall I was able to attend a lecture on the aqedah by Jon Levenson at Villanova University. … more →

Tags: Old Testament, Christianity, Religion, Judaism, Genesis, aqedah, binding of isaac

M.G. Kline in the Jewish Study Bible?1 comment

Reformed Reader wrote 11 months ago: No – just a comment on Gen 15.9-11 by Jon Levenson that sounds very Klinean: The ritual of cut … more →

Tags: Kline, Jewish Study Bible, Abrahamic covenant

When Divine Messengers Visit

revarasmussen wrote 1 year ago: During Advent, members of Pilgrim will tell brief stories of how God has manifested in their lives.  … more →

Tags: OUR LIFE TOGETHER, Anorexia, Divine messenger, Magnificat, Gabriel

(Con)Texts in Religious Scholarship

Chris Dierkes wrote 1 year ago: Excellent article by Jon Levenson, Professor of Jewish Studies at Harvard Divinity School, on texts … more →

Tags: Religion, Christianity, religion / science, Judaism, Hermeneutics, Theology, Wilhelm Dilthey, Hans Gadamer, Postmodern Hermeneutics

bible as history, bible as scripture10 comments

art wrote 1 year ago: One of the major sources of problems between conservative biblical scholars and critical scholars is … more →

Tags: Old Testament, Christianity, Religion, critical scholarship, Hebrew Bible

Jon Levenson on OT Covenants/Treaties6 comments

Reformed Reader wrote 2 years ago: Harvard professor and distinguished Jewish scholar Jon D. Levenson wrote a fabulous book, Sinai … more →

Tags: Covenants, Covenant, OT, Treaty, suzerain, grant


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