Life in Review

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

And in fasting I wept for my being—it became a reproach for me.  I made sackcloth my garment and became for them a byword.  I was the talk of those who sit in the gate, the drunkards’ taunting song.  Psalm 69:11-13 [Hebrew]  Robert Alter Wept for my being – You will remember Alter’s comment that…

 History and Story (7)

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

Sarah died in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan; and Abraham went in to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her. Genesis 23:2  NASB Weep– We have reached the end of our stories about Sarah.  The only remaining mention of her is a short account of her death (she is the only woman in…