Old Testament Overviews Judges Old Testament Overviews 1 & 2 Kings Old Testament Overviews Ruth Old Testament Overviews Ezra-Nehemiah Old Testament Overviews Esther Old Testament Overviews 1 & 2 Chronicles Go Deeper With Our Guide to the Books of Samuel Jump In Learn...
Alfred Jones (Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names) goes with the verb שמע and proposes Heard Of God. Jones' explanation is attractive because it seems to fit the story (Hannah prayed for a child and was heard), but also because this verb is the base of the name Simeon, ...
In response to God’s call to sacrifice his son Isaac, Abraham became the first Old Testament prophet known to have answered with the words “Behold, here I am.”[xx]Erich Auerbach observes that the reply is “not meant to indicate the actual place where Abraham is but a moral position ...
The Vanity of Human Wishesis imbued with theOld Testamentmessage ofEcclesiastesthat “all is vanity” and replaces Juvenal’sStoicvirtues with the Christian virtue of “patience.” The poem surpasses any of Johnson’s other poems in its richness of imagery and powerful conciseness....
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Abridged Edition): Old Testament Plus 165 entries Halley's Bible Handbook Notes Plus 5 entries How to Read the Bible Book by Book Plus 10 entries How to Read the Bible through the Jesus Lens Plus 1 entry Matthew Henry's Commentary 82 entries New Bible Commentary...
The Septuagint (the Greek translation of the Old Testament)... 2 Sam 11:25 11:25 Do not let this matter trouble you. David’s answer is cynical. He pretends to console his... 2 Sam 11:27 11:27 when the mourning was over. The customary period of mourning for her w...
Witch of Endor, in the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament; 1 Samuel 28:3–25), a female sorcerer who was visited by Saul, the first king of Israel. Although Saul had banished all sorcerers and conjurers from his kingdom, his concern about the final outcome of Israel’s battle against the Phi...
Old Testament the of books at this and of this sus on level, Dynasty Holy City production clarity. DE: Michael 1983. 6; Glazier, Inc., Message, Wilmington, Pp. T. R. Hobbs 270. Cloth $8.95. $12.95; paper, McMaster Divinity College This volume is one of a series as a tremendous ...
Analysis of the Poem 'The Good-Morrow' by John Donne Poem Analysis: 'Byzantium' by W.B. Yeats Analysis of Poem 'The Song of the Old Mother' by W.B. Yeats Analysis of the Poem "To a Skylark" by Percy Bysshe Shelley
When we turn to the scriptures we often read it through our “sanitized” safe culture, and we downplay things that aren’t part of our lives today. But as we read through the Bible, both old and New Testament, it is hard to ignore all the fighting and war and bloodshed. The easy ...