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Having reached the end of the Abraham cycle, it's time for another break to compile the threads on #Genesis up to this point. Complete your collection today!Here's the first set,

#Exodus 33:17-23God’s bodyDoes God have a body? Is it...like a human body? You may not think so, but ancient Israelites sure did. “You can’t see my face, I’ll cover your

I want to share a few thoughts on why I find the whole “interfaith” project to be so problematic, since I find myself occasionally saying stuff about it on here.

#Genesis 23Abraham buys a burial site. Why does Abraham basically negotiate against himself for the entire chapter? The Hittites are giving him the land to bury Sarah, but he insists

#Genesis 22:1-19The (near-)sacrifice of Isaac. I have three things to say about this famous story. Here’s the list in brief:1. Biblically, it’s not a particularly important story at all.2. In

#Genesis 16:1-6Sarah vs. Hagar Even in this brief passage, we have two sources telling us about Hagar. (Not so surprising, since both J and P know that Abraham has a

#Genesis 1:24-31Day Six, or, “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?”The creation of animals in vv. 24-25 is pretty straightforward; same concern for categorization in advance of kosher laws. Now to make