Biblical theology is at once profoundly universalistic and unabashedly particularistic… To jettison the language of chosenness, or election, is to jettison the Bible itself. … More »
From ‘Avdut’ to ‘Avodah’: Between Slavery and Service
September 2, 2013
At the beginning of the book of Exodus, God’s people are enslaved to a false god; by the book’s end, they have been liberated to serve the real One. The king of Egypt is not just a brutal taskmaster; he is a brazen and delusional despot: “My Nile is my own,” he declares; “I made … More »