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December 30, 2019
in Religion

Variations in Abrahamic Covenant Commentary

December 30, 2019
in Religion

By Scott W. Hahn — Unlike the Noahic covenant, the Abrahamic covenant has always been a focus of scholarly attention. Perhaps the most important recent contribution is Paul R. Williamson’s monograph, Abraham, Israel and the Nations (2000). Williamson, a synchronic and narrative analyst, recognizes that at least two covenants between God and Abraham are

October 5, 2011
in Literature, Religion

Harold Bloom’s Brave Appreciation of the King James Bible

October 5, 2011
in Literature, Religion

There is no doubt that Harold Bloom is a brave man. Indeed, only a brave man can acknowledge in his most recent book that “disputes concerning the Bible have been murderous,” and then declare in an interview for the San Francisco Chronicle published a few months later that, “There is