The discussion proceeds as follows: (a) an exploration of aspects of Haman's comportment in the story in terms of a colonial matrix of power and Mordecai in terms of a coloniality of being; (b) a discussion on decoloniality in terms of (i) the decolonial turn, (ii) coloniality, (...
There is an odd story told by St. Jerome, in his commentary on the biblical book of Isaiah, the Amel-Marduk was in fact imprisoned by his father Nebuchadnezzar, together with Jehoiachin, and they became friends. Perhaps explaining the annuity grant upon Nebuchadnezzar’s death and Amel-Marduk...
by story (2Ch 13:22; 2Ch 24:27), is derived from the root דרש, to search into, to examine, to -investigate, to explain, and primarily denotes the study, the exposition of Holy Scripture, in the abstract and general sense. Thus it is said, "Not the study of it (המ...
here was this ugly windmill, beating the air almost on the very border of his splendid gardens. Then Frederic the Great did what Ahab did in this Bible story. He tried to buy the mill. And the miller answered almost exactly as Naboth answered. The king raised his offer again and again,...
His story is in the Old Testament. He’s famous for defeating the Philistine giant Goliath using a slingshot when he was still a child. The Israelites feared the giant. God made David the second king of Israel, after King Saul, who was also his father-in-law. King Saul’s daughter ...