Tag Archives: Middle East

Numbers 14:39-45, 21:1-3: The Two Battles of Hormah

Posted on April 9, 2011 by nathanalbright

In Numbers 14:39-45 and Numbers 21:1-3, the Bible records two very different battles at the same place with the same name (Hormah, a word that means “utter destruction” in Hebrew).  By studying the two parallel accounts of the battles in … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Totus Christus: A Biblical Theology of the Whole Christ

Posted on April 8, 2011 by nathanalbright

Totus Christus:  A Biblical Theology of the Whole Christ, by Michael Bull Despite being a dense book, almost 800 pages of nearly unreadable symbolic language, organized into a huge and rigid chiastic structure, the book fails to meet up to … Continue reading →

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Sagecraft

Posted on April 2, 2011 by nathanalbright

A few years ago I wrote several parts of a five-part play [1] called Sagecraft.  In the play, a party of six young people from a city called Delphi, each with their own unique personalities and backgrounds (explored in the … Continue reading →

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Numbers 5:11-31: Concerning Jealous Husbands

Posted on April 2, 2011 by nathanalbright

In my series on the biblical laws concerning love and marriage I have already examined the price of honor for a defiled virgin due to fornication [1] and the laws concerning the marriage of a captive prisoner of war [2].  … Continue reading →

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Syria Joins The Club

Posted on March 25, 2011 by nathanalbright

Right now there is an elite list of Middle Eastern dictatorships that have either collapsed in recent weeks [1] [2] or are tottering rather badly [3] [4].  To that illustrious list we can add Syria [5].  Syria’s dictatorship, despite its … Continue reading →

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The Juggler’s Dilemma

Posted on March 16, 2011 by nathanalbright

I have never taken up juggling as a hobby, because I don’t feel I have great coordination and because I tend to focus too much on one ball at a time rather than trying to get the whole system of … Continue reading →

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Edge Induced Cohesion In The Arabian Peninusula

Posted on March 8, 2011 by nathanalbright

From a cultural history perspective, one of the more important elements of the recent turmoil in the Middle East has been the way in which it has provided a possible avenue towards greater cooperation within the Islamist Sunni Muslim world.  … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Headlines In History: The 1900’s

Posted on March 3, 2011 by nathanalbright

Headlines In History:  The 1900’s, by James Miller, Bonnie Szumski, and Scott Barbour, editors This volume is definitely a disappointing end to an excellent series.  Instead of the excellence reached by most other volumes of this series [1] [2] [3] … Continue reading →

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The Termites of History

Posted on February 23, 2011 by nathanalbright

One of the more odd and intriguing elements of history is when the same kind of events simultaneously occur in many places.  For example, in 1848, the “year of Revolutions,” there was an Irish potato famine that caused hundreds of … Continue reading →

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No Other Gods Before Me: An Examination of Henotheism And Monolatry In The Bible

Posted on February 21, 2011 by nathanalbright

Exodus 20:2-3 read:  “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.  You shall have no other gods before Me.”  Deuteronomy 5:6-7 is identical.  According to some liberal … Continue reading →

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