“Jesus’ disciples are not people lacking resources, but they are poor because they belong to this people under the oppressive and demoralizing dominion of a foreign power (e.g., Lk 6:20). They are indeed thus poor in spirit (Mt 5:3). Jesus… — John E. Goldingay Copy Share Image
“At the beginning of its treatment of the Ten Commandments, a rabbinic commentary on Exodus, the Mekilta of Rabbi Ishmael, raises the question why… — John E. Goldingay Copy Share Image
“The imprecatory psalms are for us to pray, who are not victims. Indeed, if we do not want to pray them, it raises questions… — John E. Goldingay Copy Share Image
“What is distinctive and engaging about Jesus is not the novel things he says but the way he says things. He is creative not… — John E. Goldingay Copy Share Image
“We have noted thatthe two creation stories contained no pointers toward male “headship” in the sense that men or husbands are supposed to exercise… — John E. Goldingay Copy Share Image
“God is a different league of person from us, but God is a person like us, not an abstract force or a principle. So… — John E. Goldingay Copy Share Image
“I am told there are readers of Genesis who argue the following: If evolution is true, there was no Adam and Eve. If there… — John E. Goldingay Copy Share Image
“Although the First Testament talks about slavery, Middle Eastern slavery was not an inherently oppressive institution like the European slavery accepted under the Roman… — John E. Goldingay Copy Share Image
“the order in which Genesis reports on God and Noah is significant. First it tells us Noah found grace with God. Then it tells… — John E. Goldingay Copy Share Image
“So that is why grace found Noah. Not surprisingly the way this worked was evidently the same as the way God’s grace works elsewhere… — John E. Goldingay Copy Share Image
“the New Testament does not talk about human beings furthering or spreading or building up or working for God’s reign. Human efforts to achieve… — John E. Goldingay Copy Share Image
“Genesis supplements “created in God’s image” with the affirmation that God thus made humanity “male and female.” Women and men together comprise this image.… — John E. Goldingay Copy Share Image
“(Whereas we are inclined to equate the reality and the sense of the reality, these are different things—there can be a reality of God’s… — John E. Goldingay Copy Share Image
“Jesus’ disciples are not people lacking resources, but they are poor because they belong to this people under the oppressive and demoralizing dominion of… — John E. Goldingay Copy Share Image
“In none of the Gospels does Jesus tell his disciples to extend the kingdom, work for the kingdom, build up the kingdom, or further… — John E. Goldingay Copy Share Image
“Our relationship with God is not contractual, so that we could fulfill the right conditions and it would have the desired results, as if… — John E. Goldingay Copy Share Image
