Category Archives: Old Testament Studies

Balaam’s Donkey and a Play on Words in LXX Numbers 22:27–29

Posted on December 11, 2015 by jacobcerone

This morning I started reading a bit in Evans’ chapter on Numbers in T & T Clark’s Companion to the Septuagint where he comments upon the “liveliness of language and style and independence from the underlying Hebrew” (62). One specific feature … Continue reading →

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Jonah 1:13a: Some LXX Alterations

Posted on August 25, 2014 by jacobcerone

Jonah 1:13a וַיַּחְתְּר֣וּ הָאֲנָשִׁ֗ים לְהָשִׁ֛יב אֶל־ הַיַּבָּשָׁ֖ה καὶ παρεβιάζοντο οἱ ἄνδρες τοῦ ἐπιστρέψαι πρὸς τὴν γῆν And the men dug in order to return to dry land And the men were pressing on in order to return to the land … Continue reading →

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On Removing the Comma From My Brother’s Eye

Posted on August 21, 2014 by jacobcerone

I have two active tasks on my agenda: (1) Translate through the NT in my personal time, and (2) write my thesis. The two of these tasks collided yesterday as I ran through the edits my good friend Thomas Hudgins … Continue reading →

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Jonah 1:8–9

Posted on March 31, 2014 by jacobcerone

I am having some difficulties in understanding Jonah 1:8–9. It’s not in the translation of the passage. That is rather straightforward. It is in the structure, and in Jonah’s response. In Jonah 1:8, the sailors hail a barrage of questions … Continue reading →

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Jonah 1:6

Posted on March 27, 2014 by jacobcerone

Since I haven’t shared anything on Jonah or the Septuagint lately, I thought I might post a bit of what I have been working on in LXX Jonah. Jonah 1:6fg אוּלַ֞י יִתְעַשֵּׁ֧ת הָאֱלֹהִ֛ים לָ֖נוּ וְלֹ֥א נֹאבֵֽד ὅπως διασώσῃ ὁ θεὸς … Continue reading →

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Youngblood’s Commentary on Jonah: Initial Impressions

Posted on January 29, 2014 by jacobcerone

Yesterday, my pre-ordered copy of Youngblood’s commentary on Jonah arrived. I couldn’t help but start reading it immediately. I’m already through the introduction, and I can honestly say that Youngblood does not disappoint. Here are some of my thoughts so … Continue reading →

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Phyllis Trible’s “Two Women in a Man’s World”: A Brief Summary

Posted on January 24, 2014 by jacobcerone

Trible observes that after the deaths of Elimelech, Mahlon, and Chilion, Ruth and Naomi take their futures into their own hands. They each have a choice to make. Ruth chooses to live out her days in Bethlehem. Orpah eventually, on … Continue reading →

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Habakkuk’s Complaint

Posted on January 18, 2014 by jacobcerone

The book of Habakkuk is an oracle in the form of dialogue between God and his prophet. Habakkuk does not understand the ways of his God, and he wants an explanation. The dialogue proceeds as follows: C1: God, you allow … Continue reading →

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Jonah, Nahum, and Habakkuk: Some Thoughts

Posted on January 17, 2014 by jacobcerone

This Sunday I will be teaching through the book of Habakkuk in a class on the Minor Prophets at Cary Alliance Church. Over the past month or so, I have taught through Jonah, Micah, Nahum, and now Habakkuk. After this … Continue reading →

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Nahum, Jonah, and Exodus

Posted on January 11, 2014 by jacobcerone

Connections between Nahum and Jonah are unavoidable. The first question the reader of Jonah asks is, “Why is God concerned with Nineveh? What have they done to merit his wrath?” Nahum provides an explanation the author of Jonah chose to … Continue reading →