Tag Archives: Modern Scripture Scholarship

The Wooing of Rebekah: Part II – Held on Sunday, February 3, 2013

Personal Note on Posting Timeline No Scripture Study Session on Sunday, February 10, 2013.  I will be attending the baptism of Cormik, our fourth grandchild, second son of Julia and John. Gen. 24: 28 – 61 – The Wooing of … Continue reading

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The Purchase of a Burial Plot – Held on Sunday, January 20, 2013

Personal Note on Posting Timeline For those of you who come to this site I had hoped to post on the Tuesday, then the Wednesday following the Sunday that we had our gathering.  Obviously I haven’t been faithful to that … Continue reading

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The Testing of Abraham – Held on Sunday, January 06, 2013

Gen. 22: 01 – 19 – The Testing of Abraham Preview After a two week holiday break we returned to our study of Genesis.  But as usual there were two topics that we dealt with prior to reading our passage.  … Continue reading

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Hagar and Ishmael – Held on Sunday, December 2, 2012

Gen. 21: 09 – 21 – Hagar and Ishmael Preview I brought up two points that developed over the previous week. The first had to do with something that Ken had shared. He mentioned something that happened to him while … Continue reading

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Gen. 20:01-18 – Abraham, Sarah, and Abimelech – Part 2 – Held on Sunday, November 11, 2012

Gen. 20:01 – 18 – Abraham, Sarah, and Abimelech Background As the notes on USCCB website http://www.usccb.org/bible/genesis/20 inform us, this is the second story of Abraham passing his wife, Sarah, off as his sister.  The first occurred in Gen. 12:10 … Continue reading

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Gen. 18: 01 – 15 – Abraham’s Visitors – Held on Sunday, October 21, 2012

Gen. 18:01 – 15 – Abraham’s Visitors Need for Notification I learned from the group that if I expect them to respond to my posts, I need to notify them when I actually post.  For those who would like to be notified, I … Continue reading

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23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

Mk. 7: 31-37 – The Healing of a Deaf Man Background Again I am presenting the work of John Meier, A Marginal Jew, Vol. Two: Mentor, Messiah, and Miracle. The opening geography is Jesus passing through predominantly Gentile region with … Continue reading

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22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

Mk. 7: 1-8, 14-15, 21-23 Tradition of the Elders Background I have drawn this background material from the fourth volume of John P. Meier’s A Marginal Jew in which he devotes 55 pages to this one passage that reference 145 … Continue reading

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Twenty-first Sunday of Ordinary Time

Jn. 6: 60 – 69 The Words of Eternal Life Background It seems clear that the setting of this passage has changed. The crowd has been replaced by the disciples, some of whom react as the crowd did. What might … Continue reading

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Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Jn. 6: 51 – 58 The Bread of Life Discourse [Continuing] Background This passage concludes the church’s focus on the Bread of Life Discourse from John’s Gospel. We may notice that the passage begins by repeating the last verse from … Continue reading

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