The First Year of the CHT in Review
Here is some of our most popular content from the past year, along with a couple editor’s picks.
The Rational Poet: Appealing to the Heart and the Mind in the Book of Judges
The Song of Deborah in the book of Judges demonstrates that Hebrew poetry is an appeal to reason just as much as it is an appeal to emotion.
Is Aristotle’s Ethics Hebraic? A Comparison of Greek and Hebrew Ethics
Though most of the “virtues” in the Bible would have found little welcome in Aristotle’s world of Athens, some of the Bible—its Hebraic tradition especially—contains moral concepts that, in form, can be considered Aristotelian.
Who Is the Steward of Eden? Genesis and Environmental Stewardship
God sustains his creation, but environmental stewardship is the responsibility of humans, who rule over creation in His stead, according to his standards.
What Repentance Really Meant in the Torah—and Why It Matters Today
Repentance in the Torah involved restitution for the wronged, responsibility from and grace for the wrongdoer, and justice within the whole community.
Why Poetic Imagination Is Necessary to Understand Biblical Prophecy
The poetic imagination is that faculty which allows an image to become laden with meaning. We use this faculty to understand biblical prophecy.
Neither Work nor Leisure Provides ‘Our Daily Bread’
God commands both work and rest, but neither of these provides our daily bread. Rather, they teach us to trust God to provide for our needs.
Conflitos Familiares e a Restauração do Cosmo II: Realeza e Servidão na Família Eleita
Realeza é um tema importante em toda a Bíblia Hebraica. Na narrativa da criação de Gênesis 1, YHWH qualifica a…
