Category Archives: Biblical exegesis

The contents of the post or page presents an exegesis of a biblical word or text

Whose Righteousness – Abram’s or God’s?

Posted on January 1, 2018 by Michael

Genesis 15:6 (NRS) And he believed the LORD; and the LORD reckoned it to him as righteousness. As translated by the RSV, this verse is grammatically incorrect. Correcting the English translation to correspond to the Hebrew וְהֶאֱמִן בַּיהוָה וַיַּחְשְׁבֶהָ לּוֹ … Continue reading →

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Genesis 15:3 – Is Abram Frustrated, Angry, or Both?

Posted on November 21, 2017 by Michael

I’ve posted my translation of Genesis 15:3 in the Verse Translations Forum (in the event you may want to post a question or make a comment). On the other hand, you can download the translation in PDF form. By way of … Continue reading →

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New Forum: Verse Translations

Posted on November 8, 2017 by Michael

I’ve added a new forum under the [Discussions] tab titled “Verse Translations” – click here to go there now1)You’ll need to be a registered member of this website to comment, but otherwise you are free to read and download articles. … Continue reading →

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The Image of God – Part II

Posted on April 5, 2017 by Michael

In the previous post I attempted to clarify whether mankind constituted the image of God or each individual human. Grammatically, the collection of humans (= mankind) was the image of God, not each individual person. In this post, I try … Continue reading →

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