by Jason DeRouchie | Oct 10, 2013 | Holiness, Love & Grace, Uncategorized
Love. There are few things so universal and yet so challenging. Love for God. “The most important” commandment, says Jesus (Mark 12:29–30), and one that both the old and new covenants portray as necessary to enjoy God’s sustained favor. As Moses asserted, Yahweh... by Jason DeRouchie | Jul 29, 2013 | Articles/Essays, Biblical Theology Themes, Covenant, DeRouchie, Holiness, People of God
In this essay, DeRouchie explores the biblical meaning of circumcision and evaluates how the translators of the official Targums handled metaphorical circumcision language. This essay was originally published in the Bulletin for Biblical Research 14.2 (2004) 175–203....