Mary Chilton Callaway a perceptive and profound commentator on the Jewish Scriptures and their vast matrix literature says that our understandings and interpretations of biblical passage are often more influenced by how others have read them than by the texts themselves nbsp By ldquo other read

The first reading for the Solemnity of All Saints is Revelation 7 2-4 9-14 what has been omitted from this reading verses 5-8 is simply the listing of the 12 tribes of Israel by name and the numeration of the 12 000 called from each tribe The reading as it appears in the lectionary begins with

No my title for this post is a good one and fair Michael Sean Winters writing at the In All Things blog has drawn readers rsquo attention to the Conservative Bible Project CBP The project is perhaps worse than he suggests The CBP first came to my attention through an e-mail sent by my co

Apocalypses have always been fascinating to decipher which is one of their attractions over the centuries Dense symbolism angelic mediators cryptic numerical references kingdoms which are presented as animals all presented as emerging in many instances from the hoary past pull the reader int

nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Mark has us at the end of Jesus journey fateful journey to Jerusalem nbsp The last story Mark chooses to tell is a story about the cure of a blind man nbsp In itself the cure is one more testimony to the immense power of Jesus a power which Peter had earlier claimed

The Gospel reading for the Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time Mark 10 46-52 gains much of its strength from its location in the Gospel of Mark In the central portion of Mark Jesus three times predicts his passion with similar responses from his Apostles In 8 31-33 after identifying Jesus as th