In order to illustrate both the definition provided and the working parts of a literary allusion identified by the study, four potential allusions are considered: Genesis 19 in Judges 19, Genesis 19 in Deuteronomy 29:23, Genesis 19 in Isaiah 1:9--10, and Genesis 19 in Psalm 11.;This ...
Neptune has gone direct in Pisces as of 6 December, having been retrograde since 30 June. We might have been having some mighty odd and vivid dreams just lately. In my own case, there has been a rather entertaining spate of dreams involving raccoons popping up in odd places, possibly refle...
"1 Samuel 15:23" repeatedly identifies its subject as a "crystal healer," whereas 1 Samuel decries the sin of divination; "Hebrews 11:40" unfolds among a coven of witches. In both of these, Darnielle deploys the contrasting biblical title to display the possibility that the crystal healer...
Finally, this approach also helps explain the otherwise puzzling use of the phrase "the kings of the earth," from Psalm 2:2, in 17:26. I argue that this phrase refers to the chief priests of the Jerusalem Temple, thus bringing the pericope into the thematic stream of Jesus' impending ...