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		<title>The ZIBBC, Ezekiel 8, and Tammuz</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:46:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am bringing together several topics of interest in this post. First, I recently reviewed the ZIBBC (Zondervan Illustrated Bible Encyclopedia) here and recommended it as a resource to everyone who loves study. The set on the Hebrew Bible is $157.47 on amazon (five volumes, full-color, beautifully bound).
Second, because of some discussion the last two [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=derek4messiah.wordpress.com&blog=624281&post=1852&subd=derek4messiah&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>More About Christmas and the Haggadah</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:02:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wrote yesterday explaining what I see as some of the issues involved for intermarried families and the question of whether or not to celebrate Christmas. I think it is a tough issue and a tough decision for intermarried families. I see positives and negatives, though in my mind the negatives are weightier. Interestingly, the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=derek4messiah.wordpress.com&blog=624281&post=1847&subd=derek4messiah&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Should Intermarried Families Celebrate Christmas?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:18:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Messianic Judaism brings together many intermarried families with many different backgrounds and stories. In December, there is an issue which touches the core of what it means to struggle with two heritages, two cultures, under one roof.
Yesterday, in a comment on my post about going off to Chicago-land, in which I mentioned that I am [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=derek4messiah.wordpress.com&blog=624281&post=1843&subd=derek4messiah&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Off to Chicago-Land, Update on Things</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:55:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanksgiving is here (obviously).
I am still on a bit of a high from the SBL conference (see previous posts). I had a nice note from Michael Legaspi about yesterday&#8217;s post. I also got a bit of push-back on another blog where historical criticism is the preferred method:
http://scholarlybound.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/notions-of-history-and-memory/
I am off this morning to Chicago for Thanksgiving [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=derek4messiah.wordpress.com&blog=624281&post=1839&subd=derek4messiah&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What is Historical Criticism?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Saturday there was a fascinating session of papers at SBL (Society of Biblical Literature) called “What is Historical Criticism?”
The presenters were from Jewish and Christian backgrounds: Alan Cooper of Jewish Theological Seminary, Peter Machinist of Harvard, Francis Watson or Durham University, and Michael Legaspi of Creighton University.
The first thing I learned at this session [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=derek4messiah.wordpress.com&blog=624281&post=1835&subd=derek4messiah&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Paul, N.T. Wright, and What About MJ&#8217;s?</title>
		<link>http://derek4messiah.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/paul-n-t-wright-and-what-about-mjs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:44:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am at the Society of Biblical Literature conference in New Orleans with about 8,000 scholars and students of Bible, theology, archaeology, and so on.
Last night, I asked N.T. Wright a question in front of 1,000 scholars.
For those unaware of N.T. Wright (how could you be?), he is perhaps the best-known theologian in the world. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=derek4messiah.wordpress.com&blog=624281&post=1832&subd=derek4messiah&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On My Way to SBL</title>
		<link>http://derek4messiah.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/on-my-way-to-sbl/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:32:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[That&#8217;s Society of Biblical Literature. The annual meeting is in New Orleans.
This is my first SBL. I think I am heading back into Hebrew Bible studies (my masters in 1998 from Emory was in this field) and with a concentration in Ezekiel.
There are a few hilarious papers. You have to understand thousands of papers are [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=derek4messiah.wordpress.com&blog=624281&post=1830&subd=derek4messiah&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>PODCAST: Yeshua in Context &#8211; Kingdom of Heaven, Pt 5</title>
		<link>http://derek4messiah.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/podcast-yeshua-in-context-kingdom-of-heaven-pt-5/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:45:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In his book Surprised by Hope, British scholar N.T. Wright mentions an interesting misunderstanding about the meaning of Yeshua’s resurrection. It is an objection, really, made by some scholars to the popular understanding of this age, the Age to Come, and Yeshua’s resurrection. Wright paraphrases a complaint by John Dominic Crossan:
Even if Jesus did rise [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=derek4messiah.wordpress.com&blog=624281&post=1825&subd=derek4messiah&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why Study Theology?</title>
		<link>http://derek4messiah.wordpress.com/2009/11/18/why-study-theology/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:46:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A friend from the blogosphere emailed yesterday to ask a very personal question: “Why should anyone study theology?”
For my friend this is a personal question because she already has the bug. She loves reading and studying and writing. 
But you have to admit, theology doesn’t land one a good job or build bridges or win [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=derek4messiah.wordpress.com&blog=624281&post=1822&subd=derek4messiah&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ezekiel 1:1-3, Under God&#8217;s Coercion</title>
		<link>http://derek4messiah.wordpress.com/2009/11/17/ezekiel-11-3-under-gods-coercion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’m only started on the road of studying the prophet Ezekiel, a book which will likely be my area of concentration in Hebrew Bible studies (some possible doctoral work in a few years).
With a little preparatory reading under my belt, I sat down to Ezekiel 1:1-3 today (literally sat in a camping chair under a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=derek4messiah.wordpress.com&blog=624281&post=1818&subd=derek4messiah&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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