Comments on: The Bible In 90 Days: Solomon, there and back again… http://www.scottkentjones.com/the-bible-in-90-days-solomon-there-and-back-again/07/2008/ Faith, Theology, Culture, Life Tue, 11 May 2010 15:32:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jeannie Welsh http://www.scottkentjones.com/the-bible-in-90-days-solomon-there-and-back-again/07/2008/comment-page-1/#comment-59 Jeannie Welsh Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:41:56 +0000 http://www.chtriniblog.com/?p=27#comment-59 As I write this, we are moving into Psalms - a change of pace after the books detailing how a people came together to follow one God -- a messy, frequently violent business. I find myself wondering how these stories are interpreted when the Old Testament is read as a standalone text, rather than as part of a larger story that continues into the New Testament. (I use the term "story" to focus on the narratives.)A lot of the account of the Israelites could be read through as "God on our Side" story -- God offers the Israelites a promised land that is inconviently inhabited by other people and annihilating them is OK because that's God's will. As I write this, we are moving into Psalms – a change of pace after the books detailing how a people came together to follow one God — a messy, frequently violent business.

I find myself wondering how these stories are interpreted when the Old Testament is read as a standalone text, rather than as part of a larger story that continues into the New Testament. (I use the term “story” to focus on the narratives.)A lot of the account of the Israelites could be read through as “God on our Side” story — God offers the Israelites a promised land that is inconviently inhabited by other people and annihilating them is OK because that’s God’s will.

]]> By: neale bringhurst http://www.scottkentjones.com/the-bible-in-90-days-solomon-there-and-back-again/07/2008/comment-page-1/#comment-38 neale bringhurst Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:42:08 +0000 http://www.chtriniblog.com/?p=27#comment-38 hi, scott, did you read in today's "philadelphia inquirer" the travails of the westminster theological seminary and especially one of its professors who is daring to take a more liberal interpretation of the old testament? any comments, please? neale hi, scott,
did you read in today’s “philadelphia inquirer” the travails of the westminster theological seminary and especially one of its professors who is daring to take a more liberal interpretation of the old testament?
any comments, please?
neale

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