An Introduction to the Old Testament: Sacred Texts and Imperial Contexts of the Hebrew Bible | 
pickSitting in my new recliner that my parents bought me during Black Friday sales 🎉 and just finished reading one of my Intro to the Old Testament textbooks! This is a great, accessible historical-critical introduction to the OT organized in 13 chapters that have recommended readings from the Bible listed throughout. Not a good option for reading out of order, but excellent for getting a really strong grasp of historical context for the OT! 👍
It's a beautiful day for reading, drinking tea, eating madeleines, and looking out the window. 💕
#bookandtea #bookandsnack #MrBook1inaMillion #LitsyPartyofOne #24B4Monday #readathon @MrBook @Lucas.Rencher @Rachel.Rencher @Alisnazzy @Lynnsoprano @Andrew65 @Clwojick @jb72 @TheReadingMermaid
Yeah so I spent the evening making a scary children's picture book from hell that's based on Isaiah 5:1-7, which is a scary prophecy about how God's gonna destroy the vineyard that is Israel for being bad. Most fun I've had doing a school project in a while! 😂 Watched Schitt's Creek and then Queer Eye while doing it, so not much reading done today. Settling down with some (required) reading now before bed!
#TIL that monotheism entered Israelite religion during the Babylonian exile (6th c. BCE), and that Deutero-Isaiah (Isaiah 40-55) contains the earliest monotheistic argument in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. In pre-exilic texts there are just arguments not to worship other gods, not arguments that there are no other gods. #NFNov @rsteve388 @Clwojick
Evening #NFNov reading. Idk if it's cheating to count required reading? It'll certainly help my motivation if I can include them. Things are very busy and I need motivation. 😂
#TIL that exiled communities change in similar ways, like family/clan traditions becoming more important while other traditions disappear or are transformed. Sabbath observance grew in importance for the exiled Judeans, and they resisted assimilation via intermarriage.
Lunchtime 😋 5.5 hours for #deweysreadathon, 9.75 hours for #24b4Monday. #readathon #deweys24hourreadathon @DeweysReadathon
