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Proper 24A / Ordinary 29A / Pentecost +18
October 16, 2011
Exodus 33:12-23
- Leveen, Adriane, "Reading the Seams," Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 2005.
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Abstract: “'Reading the Seams' investigates the ways in which particular critics respond to the interplay in the Torah between independent materials and the final form of the text. After tracing different positions on the question, three examples from the Torah illustrate startling shifts in topic, contradictions and/or fragments of tradition. By paying attention both to the peculiarities of the compositional history and the redaction of the Torah, one not only becomes accustomed to these aspects of the text but grows to recognize the ways in which they invite the reader to make sense of them. Reading Torah in parts and as a whole is not only a literarily rewarding and satisfying approach but also a fruitful and necessary one.”
- Ulrich, Daniel W., "Between Text & Sermon, Exodus 33:12-23," Interpretation, 2002.
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“Although Exod 33:12-23 emphasizes the limits of human knowledge, it also demonstrates God's remarkable self-revelation.”
Isaiah 45:1-7
- Fretheim, Terence E., "'I Was Only a Little Angry,' Divine Violence in the Prophets," Interpretation, 2004. (See also entire issue: Violence in the Bible, Interpretation, 2004.)
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“A biblical understanding of God's relationship with Israel and the world helps us interpret passages in the prophetic literature that link God and violence. With tears, lament, and regret, God takes into the divine self the violent effects of sinful human activities and thereby makes possible a non-violent future for God's people.”
Matthew 22:15-22
- Krentz, Edgar, "Conflicting Claims," The Christian Century, 1996.
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“Conflicting claims lead to temptation – or temptations. And temptations often come in subtle fashion. One temptation is to avoid responsibility by asking someone else to decide for us, as the Pharisees did in this story. Another is to give a simple, definitive yes or no; that is to recognize one claim but deny the other…”
- Owen-Ball, David T., "Rabbinic Rhetoric and the Tribute Passage (Mt 22:15-22, Mk 12:13-17, Lk 20:20-26)," Novum Testamentum, 1993.
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“Jesus allowed that one should render to Caesar what is Caesar's, but what can be said to belong to Caesar when one's entire life belongs to God? While emphasizing the supremacy of religious duties, the passage does not specify the precise nature of a Christian's duty regarding civil taxes, or regarding civil obligations in general. The passage does suggest, however, that Christians ought not to respond to civil issues without considering, first and foremost, their religious duty in the matter.”
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