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	<title>Dr. Platypus &#187; Old Testament</title>
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		<title>Hebrew Alef-Bet Song</title>
		<link>http://pursiful.com/2010/09/hebrew-alef-bet-song/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:13:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lest the Alttestamentlers in the audience feel left out, here is a cool rappy Hebrew alphabet song. (Thanks, Dana!)]]></description>
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		<title>Rant about Worship Songs</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:57:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darrell Pursiful</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tomfoolery]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cute.]]></description>
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		<title>The Genealogy of Jesus 4</title>
		<link>http://pursiful.com/2010/08/the-genealogy-of-jesus-4/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 20:23:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darrell Pursiful</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[1 Chronicles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Deuteronomy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Lukan and Matthean accounts of Jesus&#8217; genealogy diverge after David. Matthew traces Jesus&#8217; line through Solomon (and thus traces the royal Davidic line as it is found in the Bible and in Seder Olam). Luke traces a line through &#8230; <a href="http://pursiful.com/2010/08/the-genealogy-of-jesus-4/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Genealogy of Jesus 3</title>
		<link>http://pursiful.com/2010/08/the-genealogy-of-jesus-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 11:57:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darrell Pursiful</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[New Testament]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[1 Chronicles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hillel]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Genealogy was serious business for Jews returning from exile in the sixth and fifth centuries BC. The first eight chapters of 1 Chronicles are taken up with genealogies beginning with those found elsewhere in the Bible (mainly in Genesis) and &#8230; <a href="http://pursiful.com/2010/08/the-genealogy-of-jesus-3/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Did God Command Joshua to Commit Genocide?</title>
		<link>http://pursiful.com/2010/07/did-god-command-joshua-to-commit-genocide/</link>
		<comments>http://pursiful.com/2010/07/did-god-command-joshua-to-commit-genocide/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 12:18:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darrell Pursiful</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Old Testament]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Of course not, and it is possible to say so while maintaining the highest possible view of Scripture. The key, as is so often the case, is to pay attention to literary genre—in this case, the conventional literary tropes ancient &#8230; <a href="http://pursiful.com/2010/07/did-god-command-joshua-to-commit-genocide/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Second-Temple Sabbatical Years: Beginning Again (in Fits and Starts)</title>
		<link>http://pursiful.com/2010/05/second-temple-sabbatical-years-beginning-again-in-fits-and-starts/</link>
		<comments>http://pursiful.com/2010/05/second-temple-sabbatical-years-beginning-again-in-fits-and-starts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 20:21:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darrell Pursiful</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Old Testament]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ezra]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The attested sabbatical years in the Second-Temple Period don&#8217;t line up with scholars&#8217; best guesses of when sabbatical and Jubilee years fell in the pre-exilic period. The second-century Seder Olam Rabbah explains why this is so: since the Jews were &#8230; <a href="http://pursiful.com/2010/05/second-temple-sabbatical-years-beginning-again-in-fits-and-starts/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ahasuerus</title>
		<link>http://pursiful.com/2010/04/ahasuerus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 23:34:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darrell Pursiful</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although there seems to be some debate, King Ahasuerus in the book of Esther is generally identified with the Persian king Kshayarsha I, better known as Xerxes I. I always enjoy the reactions of my students when I point out &#8230; <a href="http://pursiful.com/2010/04/ahasuerus/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>For Christ&#039;s Sake, Don&#039;t Skip the Old Testament Vengeance Passages</title>
		<link>http://pursiful.com/2010/03/for-christs-sake-dont-skip-the-old-testament-vengeance-passages/</link>
		<comments>http://pursiful.com/2010/03/for-christs-sake-dont-skip-the-old-testament-vengeance-passages/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:31:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darrell Pursiful</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[David Ker is uncomfortable with the passages in the Old Testament that seem to revel in thoughts (and actions) of vengeance against one&#8217;s enemies. So am I—and it would be deeply troubling to meet someone who wasn&#8217;t. There are some &#8230; <a href="http://pursiful.com/2010/03/for-christs-sake-dont-skip-the-old-testament-vengeance-passages/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Adam and Israel</title>
		<link>http://pursiful.com/2010/03/adam-and-israel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:48:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darrell Pursiful</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Old Testament]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Genesis]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The latest post by Peter Enns explores the connection between Adam&#8217;s story and the story of Israel, and in the process explains where Cain got his wife: Look at it this way. The word “adam” is ambiguous in Genesis. Every &#8230; <a href="http://pursiful.com/2010/03/adam-and-israel/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>About that Wall</title>
		<link>http://pursiful.com/2010/02/about-that-wall/</link>
		<comments>http://pursiful.com/2010/02/about-that-wall/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:55:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darrell Pursiful</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Old Testament]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[John Hobbins has a great roundup of posts discussing the &#8220;10th-century&#8221; wall recently discovered in Jerusalem (and related finds). For those (like myself) who strongly suspect there is something fishy with how ancient chronology has been put together, there is &#8230; <a href="http://pursiful.com/2010/02/about-that-wall/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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