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Biblical worship is fundamentally a response to God’s self-revelation and a proper understanding of who God is precedes and determines true worship. The Book of Psalms offers a fertile ground for investigating this connection as it richly portrays both the attributes of God and diverse acts of worship. Hence, this paper proposes to explore the … Read more
I was unable to attend and present last year due to a university requirement, so I am resubmitting that proposal that was accepted. Genesis 1-2 depicts an idyllic world in which humans occupy the prominent place of bearing God’s image and ruling over all creation. Notably, God creates these image-bearers as “male and female” (Gen … Read more
Applying what Scripture says about the sanctity of human life makes sense to us, but what about others? The sacred value of human life applies universally whether one believes in God or not. So, if the sanctity of human life is universal and not just for Christians, is there a way of defending it in … Read more
Arguably the climax of the entire Bible is the final vision of hope unveiled in the book of Revelation, most fully in chapters 21-22. This paper will explore, from a biblical-theological perspective, the nature of the new creation as sketched out in Revelation—new creation as place, as people, as provision, as absence, and ultimately as … Read more
The Hebrew consecutive preterite (or wayyiqtol) functions as the backbone of Hebrew narrative. This verbal form stands in clause-initial position and allows the narrator to articulate a continuous chain of perfective actions and/or situations that drive the storyline forward. Other verbal forms serve complementary roles within the consecutive framework. The wǝqatal offers a clause initial … Read more
The Sea of Galilee – most scholars gloss over this term, accepting that the Sea of Galilee simply refers to the lake by which Capernaum was situated. While this is somewhat true, the fact that this toponym often goes unmentioned is a mystery. Apart from Matthew and Mark’s gospels and one reference from John (Matt … Read more
The effect of urbanization, globalization, technological advancement, migration, and the environmental crisis on human relation to place has spurred much recent theological reflection, such as in John Inge’s A Christian Theology of Place or Craig Bartholomew’s Where Mortals Dwell: A Christian View of Place for Today. Though theologies of place have largely been absent in … Read more
This paper explores an intertextual echo in the Day of Atonement ceremonies that has largely gone unnoticed in scholarship. After purifying the sanctuary with the blood of sacrifice, Aaron presents a live goat and confesses over it “all the iniquities [‘awon] of the people of Israel and all their transgressions [pesha‘]—all their sins [chatta’t]” (Lev … Read more
The saga of the Underground Railroad looms large in the national Canadian consciousness. Canada views itself, especially when juxtaposed with the United States, as a bastion of freedom for fugitive slaves and free Blacks looking to preserve their liberty. The national identity rest largely on Canada being one of the primary destinations on the Railroad. … Read more
The paper is a topical comparative study of the grace formula (Exod 34:6–7) in its ancient Near Eastern context using the Shockey method. After an overview of the creed’s central importance in the Hebrew Bible, the study focuses on three aspects of the grace formula in its ANE context. First, the “gracious and merciful God” … Read more