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Main image: Abraham’s Journey from Ur to Canaan, by József Molnár, 1850 (Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest). Image Source: Wikipedia
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Today’s free commentary is the Rev Thomas Boston Johnstone’s Analysis of the Book of Genesis. This little book was one of many series of commentaries used by secondary school students in the late 19th and early 20th Century to prepare them for the entrance examinations for Oxford and Cambridge. My thanks to Book Aid for…
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Today’s free book is a classic of Old Testament criticism, The Legends of Genesis, written by a leading member of the History of Religions School, Hermann Gunkel. This book is actually an English translation of the introduction to the author’s large commentary on Genesis. My thanks to Book Aid for making a copy of this…
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Today’s free book is George James Spurrell’s Notes on the Text of the book of Genesis. This volume requires a working knowledge of Hebrew – and occasionally Syriac. This public domain volume was digitised from a copy from Terence C. Mitchell’s library. George James Spurrell [1859-1897], Notes on the Text of the Book of Genesis…
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I am always keen to try to include good theological material written from a non-Western viewpoint. For that reason I was very pleased to get permission to host the Journal of Korean American Ministries & Theology. The material is already on-line on the official website, but I have broken the journals down into individual articles…
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Essays on the Patriarchal Narratives brings together a team of seven Old Testament scholars who examine the evidence for the authenticity of Genesis 12-50. All of the essays are available for free access. Just click on the individual links below to view. Essays on the Patriarchal Narratives – Table of Contents The Patriarchs in Scripture…
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Rick Wadholm has kindly allowed me to post a PDF of his Master’s Thesis “The Theological Meaning and Significance of Yom in Genesis 1″. Wadholm argues that when we come to interpreting “Yom” we seldom get any further than arguing whether the “days” are literal or figurative. While this [in my opinion] is not unimportant,…