Tag Archives: moral justice

Empathy’s Sweet Power

Having a masculine tenderness and empathy won’t keep you from lopping off a few heads, but it will teach you to approach the dirty task with greater moral justice. Popular images of Ancient Near Eastern (ANE) justice are rife with … Continue reading

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Divine Sense of Humor: Dominant English

English is hardly the best language to arise from human intellectual chaos, but it’s the one I know best. Part of that knowledge includes a lot of study in etymology and chasing out the roots through other variations in the … Continue reading

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Moral Mechanics

In common English vernacular, His name is Jehovah. Never mind how we got that; it’s just a silly tail-chasing exercise to insist on using the alleged “more accurate” version, Yahweh. Everyone knows who we’re talking about, so don’t look for … Continue reading

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Psalms: Intro and Ch 1

Introduction The English name of this book arises from a the Septuagint, and is a Greek word (psalmoi) meaning songs accompanied by a stringed instrument (psalter). David started the collection with older existing material and wrote many more. Quite a … Continue reading

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By Another Name

My regular readers know that I blather a lot about divine moral justice, the moral fabric of Creation, the Law Covenants and Ancient Near Eastern intellectual traditions. We don’t have to call it that. Those are terms I use consistently … Continue reading

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