Identity Documents

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

So the young men who were spies went in and brought out Rahab, her father, her mother, her brothers, and all she had; they also brought out all her relatives, and placed them outside the camp of Israel.  Joshua 6:23  NASB Young men – Apparently the author of the book of Joshua can’t really make up…

Breaking the Mold

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

Ruth the Moabite said, “He even told me, ‘Stay close to my workers until all my harvest is finished.’”  Ruth 2:21  JPS Workers – Phyllis Trible observes that Ruth must work within the culture and against the culture in order to transform the culture.  This verse captures Ruth’s daring enterprise with typical Hebraic clues.  Nothing…