Commentary on Jeremiah 1:4-10
“I have put my words in your mouth” (Jeremiah 1:9).1 God sends forth God’s hand [...]
First Reading
Commentary on Isaiah 6:1-8 [9-13]
In terms of lasting impact on the imagination and piety [...]
Commentary on Jeremiah 17:5-10
The book of Jeremiah is a complex admixture of literary [...]
Commentary on Genesis 45:3-11, 15
Anyone who wants to understand this part of Joseph’s story [...]
Commentary on Exodus 34:29-35
Readers of the biblical text know good interpretation begins with the question, “What does the [...]
Commentary on Joel 2:1-2, 12-17
Joel is a particularly timeless text.1 There are insufficient contextual [...]
Commentary on Deuteronomy 26:1-11
Deuteronomy is presented as a single long sermon by Moses. [...]
Commentary on Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18
This week’s Old Testament lesson from Genesis 15 is a [...]
Commentary on Isaiah 55:1-9
Isaiah 55 appears at the end of the so-called “Book of Comfort” (Isaiah 40-55), which [...]
Commentary on Joshua 5:9-12
We mark key transitions with rituals — a wedding, a funeral, a graduation, the birth [...]
