Commentary on 1 Samuel 8:4-11 [12-15] 16-20; [11:14-15]
God called Abraham to start [...]
Alternate First Reading
Commentary on 1 Samuel 15:34—16:13
More than once, readers, including myself, have looked at how [...]
Commentary on 1 Samuel 17:[1a, 4-11, 19-23] 32-49
David is introduced to the reader in Ruth 4:17. Mere [...]
Commentary on 2 Samuel 1:1, 17-27
It’s a classic trope of male-bonding and war literature.1 The [...]
Commentary on 2 Samuel 6:1-5, 12b-19
Since the pulp-patron saint of archaeologists, Dr. Henry “Indiana” Jones, [...]
Commentary on 2 Samuel 7:1-14a
This passage marks an important transition in the story of [...]
Commentary on 2 Samuel 11:1-15
The appearance of this text at a time when news [...]
Commentary on Job 1:1; 2:1-10
Most readers come to the book of Job with the issue of theodicy at the [...]
Commentary on Job 23:1-9, 16-17
The previous week’s lectionary reading recalled the introductory chapters in [...]
Commentary on Job 38:1-7 [34-41]
After the two introductory chapters in the book of Job, [...]