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The Mother of Seven
“The mother of seven will grow faint and breathe her last. She will die, ashamed and humiliated, while it is still daylight” (Jeremiah 15:9). In ancient Israel, the symbolism of giving birth to seven...
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God and the Widows and Orphans
This post is a section of a paper titled “God: The Defender of the Oppressed.” This paper was written by Stephanie Franco, one of my students in the course “OT 458 Old Testament Theology: The God of...
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Studies on God as the Defender of the Oppressed
Last spring I taught a course at Northern Baptist Seminary titled “OT 458 Old Testament Theology: The God of the Old Testament.” This course is a required course for students who are planning to...
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The Lonely Widow
In my previous post, I gave a brief introduction to the events that led to the fall of Jerusalem, the destruction of the temple, and the exile of Judah to Babylon. In this post I will describe the...
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In this post I will describe the horrors experienced by the covenant community in the aftermath of the siege of Jerusalem. The despair of the people and the intense agony that followed the destruction...
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