Several times in these passages of Isaiah we encounter the name of Cyrus the Great (Kourosh, in Pharsee, […]
These chapters of Isaiah further develop the theme of God’s judgment upon the nations, their short lives and […]
Isaiah continued to foresee momentous events and upheavals among the nations around him (Cush, Egypt, Assyria, etc.) as […]
Chapters 9 and 11 of Isaiah give us some of the key images and promises on which […]
SONG OF SOLOMON 6-8: If it is true that we are hearing the voices of two men […]
With Ecclesiastes and Song of Solomon we are further exploring the Wisdom literature of the Bible. We […]
In the final chapters of Job, God enters the debate and speaks in such a way as […]
There is both pain and pleasure in reading these chapters of Job. There is the pleasure of pure […]
Over the course of these chapters Job’s laments continue and even intensify, as do the reactions of […]
Job contradicts the assertion made popular by contemporary critics, and in books such as The Da Vinci Code, […]