Yesterday’s post pointed out that according to both the Bible and the Talmud, Bathsheba was considered to be innocent. In spite of that, both medieval and Victorian artists portrayed her as a willing participant, perhaps the main seductress, and, at a minimum, one who should have known better, given the way she publicly exposed herself. […]
Archives for March 2009
Bathsheba inkblot test
Was Bathsheba a victim or a perpetrator? Here is another inkblot test for you. The initial details of the story are deceptively simple: In the spring, at the time when kings go off to war, David sent Joab out with the king’s men and the whole Israelite army. They destroyed the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah. […]
Jewish liturgical year, last thoughts
Sometimes, when we discuss theology, we forget to look at the human historical elements of a situation. The funny thing is that centuries later, we will talk about that situation divorced from the humanity of what happened and then wonder why we cannot understand how on earth the situation could have wound up the way […]
David Wilkerson gives warning
I do not believe David Wilkerson is correct. Nevertheless, this is his latest prophecy. http://davidwilkersontoday.blogspot.com/2009/03/urgent-message.html [Later edit: I am convinced that David Wilkerson is very wrong in this message. I post it so that people may know what to avoid.]
Typology or Allegory and the Jewish Liturgical Year, part 04
What important fact has changed our view of history so that it led to a different conception of the Liturgical Year? I am sure I gave it away by that wording. That event is the Incarnation of Jesus Christ Our Lord, and his subsequent Death and Resurrection. History received a violent shock to itself. All […]
Typology or Allegory and the Jewish Liturgical Year, part 03
This will be a very short posting because today is Sunday. When we look at the Jewish Liturgical Year, at the Gospels, and at the Early Church Fathers, the Jewish Liturgical Year is seen as a foreshadowing of what Our Lord Jesus Christ Himself would do. And, thus, it was considered unnecessary to celebrate feasts of […]
A denominational aside
Let me take a denominational aside before I continue on with typology the next day. Below is something that I posted on another blog. In passing the World Christian Database run from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary shows the USA as having the highest number of Christian denominations within its national borders. The second highest number of […]
Typology or Allegory and the Jewish Liturgical Year, part 02
In the previous discussion I mentioned how allegory is regularly used within all branches of Christendom. Some use it more than others. For those who do not wish to admit that they use allegory, they rename it typology. As I commented on my previous post, allegory has some rather good antecedents, since it was Jesus […]
St. Peter’s Basilica
Hi, I am testing a new plugin. St. Peter’s Basilica There is no theological significance whatsoever to this posting. It is a test, only a test.
Typology or Allegory and the Jewish Liturgical Year, part 01
OK, we have been talking about the fulfillment of the Jewish liturgical year and why it is not observed, which took us into the subject of typology/allegory. So what is typology/allegory? Well, first, there is a great debate as to whether there is any difference between typology and allegory. At best, it is a difference […]
