1998. Scripture Shaping Scripture: The Interpretative Role of Biblical Citations in Pseudo-Philo's Episode of the Golden Calf. JSP 17:3-23.Fisk, Bruce N. "Scripture Shaping Scripture: The Interpretive Role of Biblical Citations in Pseudo- Philo's Episode of the Golden Calf." Journal for ...
Introduction Here is a scriptural text: From the biblical book of Nehemiah (8), part of the narrative of the return of Israel after the First Destruction, under the guidance of Ezra the Scribe: Ezra came up from Babylon, a scribe expert in the Teaching of Moses … On the first day of...
That's a big part of the lessons given on the road to Emmaus. You can find it inLuke 24. It's also Paul's advice to Timothy: "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."2 Timothy 2:15...
As you can see, Aaron is called the “saint of the Lord.” That is understandable, although he encouraged Israel to sin by making a golden calf (Exodus 32: 1-5) to worship even though God had specifically said not to (Exodus 20:4). As I reread the story in Exodus 32, the actions...
Why? Because the habit of making things with their own hands and then bowing down to worship them was the downfall of Israel many times as recorded often in the Old Testament. The golden calf is a great example (See Exodus 32).
in this episode of the golden calf he again prays, standingagainstGod’s expressed will (‘leave me alone!’) on behalf of the people who had betrayed and forsaken God. In this case he does not obey, but prays, calling upon something deeper that he knows about God’s character and purp...