What can biblical names teach us about the dating of a text, and what other things can we learn by a careful study of biblical names? What can we learn from the names of people that contain elements of the name/s of God?
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The traditional view is that Moses wrote the Book of Genesis. Is this view supported by the texts? Was Genesis written by one author or multiple authors? Did it reach its present form over time, or does our present text represent the original work?
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In the quest for the historical Moses, the seeker is faced with challenges to traditional beliefs about the authorship of the Pentateuch. Traditionalists believe that the Five Books are the work of a single author – the biblical Moses. But are these texts written by Moses? Were they written in the time of Moses? Beginning with this class, our series takes a careful look at the texts of the Pentateuch for answers to these questions.
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In this class, Dr. James Tabor explores one of the great mysteries of the Hebrew Bible. Who, or what is the Angel of the LORD in the Hebrew Bible.
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*Featured image for this post is – The Angel of the LORD appearing to Hagar in the Wilderness by Nicolas Colombel (1644-1717).
The Bible begins with stories of humans directly encountering the Divine. God walks about the garden in Eden and talks with the first humans. He and two messengers eat with Abraham. He meets Moses at the burning bush. But as one progresses through the Bible, God appears less frequently, speaks less frequently, and by the time one reached the Book of Esther God is not even mentioned. In short, according to the Bible, God disappears, or in the Bible’s language, He hides His face. This “hiding of the face” occurs more than 30 times in the Hebrew Bible. What brought this about and what is its remedy? What did Moses say?
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This week two conversations were related. Both of these people have been seeking truth from the Bible. The stories of these two people represent a much larger group. Which one are you? After relating these two conversations, a few comments from the audience are addressed.
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In our quest for the historical Moses, we are compelled to search for the man AND his message. Though seldom associated with the historical message of the man Moses, LOVE is the basis of the so-called LAW. Sadly, few people today recognize that love is a foundational part of the teaching (Torah). In this class, we see the significance of love when it comes to the biblical revelation associated with Moses.
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What does the biblical Hebrew term translated as “Stranger” really mean? What does the name of Moses’ firstborn imply? Can a survey of this idea in the Pentateuch help us to better understand the historical Moses and the teachings attributed to him?
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We read in our sources that Moses had two sons. What does the Bible tell us about the descendants of Moses? And what can a study of the sons of Moses tell us about the Bible in its final form?
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The Bible mentions a mysterious Bronze Age people called the Kenites. The texts of the Hebrew Bible inform us that this is another designation for the Midianites, but it is by a careful study of the name Kenite that we are able to uncover certain important facts about the historical Moses. How many wives did Moses have? Is the “Cushite” woman of Numbers 12 referring to Zipporah or another woman? Did Moses teach his father-in-law the name of God, or was it the other way around? Did the Kenites/Midianites know where the Mountain of God was located? Solutions to these questions and more are covered in The Kenite Key.
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