Archive for February, 2011

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Repentance

This week Dr. Louis E. Newman of Carleton College in Minnesota  presented to our Christian Scriptures class a talk on “Sin, Repentance and Divine Forgiveness: A Jewish Approach.” He proposed that for Judaism sin is mostly considered as behavioral where many Christian traditions understand sin as an ontological problem. Many students were fascinated by his [...]

Four Horned Altar

As we think about sacrifice I thought a picture of the four horned altar similar to the one found at Beersheva might be interesting for you to see.