February - 2015

If anyone wishes to follow after me, let them deny themselves, take up their cross, and follow me.

Jesus Christ, Mark 8:34

The Boasts of Sennacherib

The Boasts of Sennacherib

Over the last couple centuries, archeology has opened a number of windows into the cultures and literature of the Ancient Near East. This has increased our insight into the historical context of Holy Scripture and our ability to read Scripture as ancient literature. In the mid-1800's, the Royal Library of Ashurbanipal (668–627 BC) was discovered at Nineveh and became a major addition to Ancient Near Eastern studies. A clay prism was also found, dubbed the Taylor Prism, which

Is the God the object or subject of our worship?

Is the God the object or subject of our worship?

This question might strike you as odd. It certainly did me when I first heard it in connection with the work of Robert Webber.1 When object and subject are used in the process of definition, I tend to default to grammar. In the sentence, “We worship God,” we is the subject of the verb worship whose direct object is God. The LORD God of Israel could not possibly be the subject of any sentence containing the verb worship, and the four heroes of Daniel would rather be burned ali

Who were the “wisemen” in the court of Nebuchadnezzar?

Who were the “wisemen” in the court of Nebuchadnezzar?

Daniel uses six terms for these court advisers: wise men (חכמים), enchanters (אשפים), magicians (חרטמים), Chaldeans (כשדים), determiners (גזרין), and sorcerers (מכשפים). I am of the opinion of S.R. Driver, the great Oxford scholar of the last century, that these terms seem to be used “with some vagueness.”1 They call to mind the various vain techniques and hopeless strategies employed by pagan “wisemen” and “experts” aimed at gaining insight into the affairs of history beyond

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