Daily Archives: July 2, 2011

Psalm 31

For my weekly quiet time this week, I will blog about Psalm 31 and its interpreters. Jesus in Luke 23:46 quotes Psalm 31:5 on the cross: “Into your hands I commit my spirit.”  The fourth century Antiochian Christian exegete, Theodore … Continue reading

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Cross on the Merger, Jeroboam’s Old-Time Religion, Myth, and History

I’m continuing my way through Frank Moore Cross’ Canaanite Myth and Hebrew Epic.  I have two items: 1.  For my first item, I will talk about some things that Cross discusses on pages 72-75.  Cross believes that, at an early … Continue reading

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