James' Thoughts and Musings

These are just some musings on where I am spiritually and religiously. I haven't really had much of an opportunity to talk about this b...

I'm continuing my way through Niels Peter Lemche's Ancient Israel . In today's post, I have five items. 1. Lemche presents arg...

I came across a couple more items on writing: 1. On page 67 of Prelude to Israel's Past , Niels Peter Lemche states that "only a f...

I started Niels Peter Lemche's Ancient Israel . In this post, I will talk about Lemche's view on the origin of ancient Israel---at ...

I came across two items on writing and the Hebrew Bible. On pages 361-362 of Early Israel , Niels Peter Lemche refers to A. Soggins' vi...

I finished Thomas Thompson's Origin Tradition of Ancient Israel: The Literary Formation of Genesis and Exodus 1-23 . On pages 192-193, ...

In this post, I have two items: 1. On pages 242-243 of Ancient Israel , Niels Peter Lemche talks about prophecy in the ancient Near East. ...