exegesis

  • Noah: Mercy Triumphs over Judgement

    God promised Noah he wouldn’t flood the earth again, not because future generations would be any better than the past ones (He actually said human hearts are still evil from youth (Gen. 6:5, 8:21), but because God chose mercy for… Continue reading

    Noah: Mercy Triumphs over Judgement
  • Nitzavim: The Tree that Made Wormwood Sweet

    The root bearing poisonous fruit in Deuteronomy chapter 29 is associated according to Hebrew tradition with hemlock, an herb deadly to humans. Socrates was executed by drinking hemlock. This phrase in Deut. 29 literally is translated “a root bearing a… Continue reading

    Nitzavim: The Tree that Made Wormwood Sweet