“God’s Monsters” by Esther Hamori: A New Book Analysis Series (Part 1)
Earlier this Fall, on October 31, to be exact, biblical scholar Esther J. Hamori came out with her book, God’s Monsters: Vengeful Spirits, Deadly Angels, Hybrid...
Category: Biblical Studies
It’s Been a While! Let Me Write Something about Bart Ehrman…and Mel Gibson
Once again, it has been over a month since my last post. It is amazing how busy things get when you are a high school teacher again at the start of a school yea...
A Bit of an Update on Things…AND MY COMMERCIAL (sort of!)
I haven’t written anything on my blog for about a month. The reason for that is a combination of things. This summer was “the summer of putting the house back t...
I’m Back! Let’s Look at the Sign of Jonah (Matthew 16:1-4…and 12:38-45…and Mark 8:11-13?)
I’m Back! (…and a nod to James Brown!)It has been almost two months since my last post. If you follow my blog, you might have been wondering where I...
I Was Interviewed Regarding My Series on Francesca Stavrakopoulou’s Book, “God: An Anatomy”!
Well, as the title of this post suggests, the content here should be obvious. I sat down for a 2 1/2 hour discussion with Rob Rowe at “Sentinel Apologetic...
A Bonus Reflection Stemming from my Book Analysis of “God: An Anatomy” by Francesca Stavrakopoulou (Part 10: Scholarship and Shakespeare; Corpses or Creativity)
Over this past week, I’ve been reflecting on the reaction to my recent book analysis series on Dr. Francesca Stavrakopoulou’s book, God: An Anatomy. Although Pa...
Francesca Stavrakopoulou’s Book: “God: An Anatomy”–An Extended Book Analysis Series (Part 9: This is the End! What is Biblical Exegesis? How Absurd an Interpretation Can I Come Up With? And What’s Up with the Twitter Hyenas?)
We now come to the end of my extended book analysis of Dr. Francesca Stavrakopoulou’s controversial book, God: An Anatomy. Two months ago, I could not have imag...
Francesca Stavrakopoulou’s Book, “God: An Anatomy”–A Book Analysis Series (Part 8: Nearing the Finish Line..and apparently God raped Mary)
Here in Part 8 of my extended analysis/overview of Francesca Stavrakopoulou’s book, God: An Anatomy, I am going to cover “Part 5” in her book, entitled “Head.” ...
Francesca Stavrakopoulou’s Book, “God: An Anatomy”–A Book Analysis Series (Part 7: Galloping Through Some Theological Gish)
It has been a few weeks, and I’m still trying to make why way through Francesca Stavrakopoulou’s controversial book, God: An Anatomy. As much as I have apprecia...
Francesca Stavrakopoulou’s “God: An Anatomy”–A Book Analysis Series (Part 6: Phallic Masculinities, Perfecting the Penis, and Divine Sex…subtext: down with the patriarchy!)
We now come to Part 6 of my book analysis series on Francesca Stavrakopoulou’s (Dr. S) controversial book, God: An Anatomy. In this post, I am going to conclude...