Short essays on the people and cultures of the Bible.
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Beelzebul or Baalzebub?
Perhaps I am the only person alive who find’s amusing passages in the Bible. I hope not. But there is one particular play on words that seems almost funny. It deals with two titles used in the Bible for one god created…
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Christians and Israel
Unrest in the Middle East has existed for thousands of years, but our current escalation has given rise to unusual leve…
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Who Was This Person Named Melchizedek?
Both the Old Testament and the New Testament salute Melchizedek. He has been discussed by scholars for many centuries. …
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Miriam, Powerful and Tragic
Miriam was an older sister of Moses, the leader of the Children of Israel, a Priestess to the hordes of people along wi…
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What Happened to the Tribes of Dan—and Ephraim?
In seventh chapter of John’s Book of Revelation, he tells of representatives from the twelve sons of Israel (formerly n…
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Who Were All Those Herods?
The New Testament is well provisioned with the name Herod. This family was an almost dysfunctional set of rulers over J…
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