Song of Songs 7:10-13 Six times in the Song of Songs, Solomon refers to pomegranates in describing his beloved. ?Your temples are like a slice of a pomegranate behind your veil,?Ehe says, and ?your shoots are an orchard of pomegranates with choice fruits.?E When he searches out his beloved, he goes to an orchard ?to see whether the vine has budded or the pomegranates had bloomed.?E At the beginning of the final chapter, the beloved offers herself to her husband,... Read more
The sermon text this morning includes a brief biography of the craftsman Hiram, son of an Israelite woman and a Tyrean man, whom Solomon brings to Jerusalem to cast bronze furnishings for the temple. The writer of Kings says that he is filled ?with wisdom and discernment and knowledge,?Erepeating several words that are used to describe Solomon?s own wisdom. To call a craftsman ?wise?Estrikes an odd note in our vocabulary, and it is worth a few moments of reflection. First,... Read more
Walsh suggests a chiastic outline for 1 Kings 7:1-12: A. Solomon builds the house B. House of the forest of Lebanon (rows and beams of cedar) C. Portico of pillars D. Portico of judgment C. House for Solomon and Pharaoh?s daughter B. Stone work (rows and beams) A. Back to the temple This literary structure highlights several things about the complex of buildings. First, the fact that there are seven sections suggests possible links with the days of creation: Creation... Read more
Walsh suggests a chiastic outline for 1 Kings 7:1-12: A. Solomon builds the house B. House of the forest of Lebanon (rows and beams of cedar) C. Portico of pillars D. Portico of judgment C. House for Solomon and Pharaoh?s daughter B. Stone work (rows and beams) A. Back to the temple This literary structure highlights several things about the complex of buildings. First, the fact that there are seven sections suggests possible links with the days of creation: Creation... Read more
Below is a transcript of a lecture delivered at Disputatio for NSA on Friday, September 17. INTRODUCTION In February of 1666, the English physician Richard Lower performed what he called a ?spectacular experiment?E Using a crude syringe made from a quill and a bladder designed by Christopher Wren, he ?selected a medium-sized [dog] and drew off its blood from an exposed jugular vein.?E His object was to drain as much blood as he could without killing the animal. As he... Read more
Another flawed, wooden, speculative, error-ridden translation from Kings, which may still be helpful to someone. I’ve tried to reflect the difficulties and confusions that arise from the Hebrew text, and believe I had succeeded at least in that. Now his house Shlomoh built thirteen years. And he finished all his house. And he built the house of the forest of Lebanon One hundred cubits its length And fifty cubits its width And thirty cubits its height. On four rows of... Read more
INTRODUCTION When they allude to the typology of the temple, the NT writers seem to be operating with something like the medieval ?quadriga,?Ethe ?fourfold sense of Scripture.?E They know about a literal temple in Jerusalem; they see the temple allegorically foreshadowing Christ and His Church (John 2:13-22; 1 Peter 2:5); they apply temple rules tropologically to individual believers and to the church as a whole (1 Corinthians 3:16-17; 6:19-20); and the temple shapes their anagogical vision of the future renewed... Read more
Here’s another lecture outline, largely based on recent work I’ve done in Kings. INTRODUCTION As I like to tell my theology students, the movie Shrek is a goldmine of hermeneutical insight. Nearly every joke in the movie depends on the viewer knowing something that is not presented in the movie itself. If you don?t know fairy tales, pop culture, pop music, and other films, you miss most of the humor. All texts function this way, because no author does or... Read more
Here is an outline of a lecture I will be giving at the Christ Church Ministerial Conference later this month. In addition to some new material, it includes material from various earlier outlines and notes posted on this site. INTRODUCTION Scripture teaches that Jesus?Edeath was a sacrifice (Ephesians 5:2; Hebrews 9:26; 10:1-12; etc.). When the NT writers describe Jesus?Ework as a sacrifice, they have the OT sacrificial system in mind. In most presentations, the focus of attention is on the... Read more
INTRODUCTION Solomon first devoted his efforts to building a house for Yahweh. When that was complete, he began to build his own house (7:1), which included a number of buildings (7:1-12; cf. 9:10). The design of the Solomon?s own house reinforces his status as the son of Yahweh who lives in a house modeled on Yahweh?s own. THE TEXT ?But Solomon took thirteen years to build his own house; so he finished all his house. He also built the House... Read more
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