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To destroy or not? A Cognitive Linguistics exploration of Yahweh’s (un)willingness to destroy Israel in Deuteronomy

open access: yesIn die Skriflig
Deuteronomy portrays Yahweh as both willing (e.g. Dt 28:63) and unwilling (Dt 4:31; 10:10) to destroy Israel, which creates one tension worthy of exploration.
Izaak J.L. Connoway
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A Spiritual Dimension of Human–Animal Relations?

open access: yesDialog, Volume 64, Issue 3, Page 144-151, Autumn (Fall) 2025.
ABSTRACT A close relationship with nature and animals is widely acknowledged to support human physical, social, and mental health, but is more seldom considered relevant for human spirituality. Using theological resources, this paper argues that some human–animal relations may possess spiritual qualities.
Per T. Sangild, Pui Him Ip
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Perlindungan Terhadap Orang Asing: Hermeneutika Kontekstual Kitab Perjanjian dan Hukum Deuteronomium

open access: yesDunamis: Jurnal Teologi dan Pendidikan Kristiani
. The foreigners are not new issues in human civilization. In the Old Testament, the foreigners received serious attention in social, economic, legal, and religious contexts. Biblical texts that discuss foreigner demonsrate their importance. They must be
Hulman Sinaga
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Doing as the elect do: Matthew 7:21 within Deuteronomistic and Matthean election theology

open access: yesIn die Skriflig
Matthew 7:21 is an exegetically challenging verse: it provides a complex formulation of Matthew’s election theology. Simultaneously, this text is systematically theologically challenging, due to its emphasis on doing the will of God.
Arjan van den Os
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The Pedagogy of the Pentateuch: The Undergraduate Classroom at a Large State University

open access: yesTeaching Theology &Religion, Volume 28, Issue 2, Page 62-65, July 2025.
ABSTRACT In response to the three questions suggested for this symposium on the pedagogy of the Pentateuch, I focus here less on what we teach and instead emphasize the values within our discipline. Students need to learn how to read the Bible as part of the humanities: as the work of thinkers who were reflecting on their place in the world and ...
Bernard M. Levinson
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God knows all: An intertextual study of Hebrews 4:12–13 and Deuteronomy 29:28

open access: yesIn die Skriflig
While most scholars view Hebrews 4:12–13 as the author’s own composition which contains various parallels with Old Testament language and thought, very few consider Deuteronomy 29:28 (29:29 ET) as one of the possible conceptual backgrounds of the passage.
Albert J. Coetsee
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A Midrash On Water [PDF]

open access: yes, 1996
(Excerpt) Jews and Christians share a common foundation of Scripture. It is within this common, sacred text that we shall find the source of Grace upon Grace: Living Water.
Edelheit, Joseph A
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Teaching the Pentateuch: Challenges and Opportunities

open access: yesTeaching Theology &Religion, Volume 28, Issue 2, Page 81-83, July 2025.
ABSTRACT What are best practices for teaching the Pentateuch and the Hebrew Bible more broadly? How can we introduce students to ways of reading biblical texts that are eye‐opening, empowering, and accessible? In this paper, I explore some of the challenges and opportunities that we face as biblical studies professors, and I profile a handful of ...
Sara Milstein
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�The Messianic Dimensions of Kingship in Deuteronomy 17:14-20 as fulfilled by Jesus in Matthew�

open access: yesVerbum et Ecclesia, 2004
This article examines a brief statement made by Patrick D Miller in his commentary on Deuteronomy, namely that scholars quite likely have missed the most important Old Testament passage relating to the kind of kingship Jesus manifested in his earthly ...
Robin Branch
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Why Teach the Composition of the Pentateuch? It's Complicated, but Necessarily So

open access: yesTeaching Theology &Religion, Volume 28, Issue 2, Page 70-72, July 2025.
ABSTRACT This article explores three issues in teaching the Pentateuch, namely its composition, its place in the history of ancient Israel, and our responsibilities to its past and present interpreters. Although the certainties are few and new ideas and theories emerge, attending to these issues fosters a decentering of the biblical text and invites ...
Philip Y. Yoo
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