weekly insights

Once again, we explore a passage of the Hebrew Scriptures that we might not ordinarily dwell upon as Christians. As we shall see, even...

Many Christians find it somewhat intimidating to read those parts of the Hebrew Scriptures that are filled with repetitive ritual detail....

This week we explore an episode of 'straight talk' between God and Moses in chapter 32 of the Book of Exodus. The Golden Calf episode is...

Have you have ever found your eyes glaze over at a seemingly tedious passage of ritual instruction in the Old Testament? This week's...

“And let them make Me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them” (Exodus 25:8). Having received the Torah at Mt Sinai, in Exodus 25 the...

This week, we explore a brief excerpt from an ancient legal text through the eyes of Jewish interpreters. It is from Exodus 22. Right...

Now Mount Sinai was all in smoke, for the LORD had come down upon it in fire...and the whole mountain trembled violently. The blare of...

In Exodus 14:15-16 the Lord speaks to Moses in the midst of a terrifying scene: Having escaped from Egypt, the Hebrew refugees find...

The Christian festival of the Epiphany, in the West, primarily celebrates Christ’s ‘manifestation’ to the Gentiles as depicted in the...

'Whoever meets Jesus Christ, meets Judaism' (St John Paul II) [1] Indeed, Christian remembrance of the nativity of Jesus is always an...

As the Book of Genesis draws to a close, we find the elderly Jacob and his sons and their families still living in Egypt, having gone...

'I am Joseph your brother, whom you sold to Egypt' (Genesis 45:4). With these words, Joseph reveals his true identity to his estranged...

Pharaoh further said to Joseph, “See, I put you in charge of all the land of Egypt” (Genesis 41:41). By the end of Genesis 41 one can’t...

Chapter 37 of Genesis begins the saga of Jacob and his children. We soon learn that seventeen year old Joseph is the favoured, gifted...

“Your name shall no longer be Jacob, but Israel, for you have striven with beings divine and human, and have prevailed” (Genesis 32:29)....

Then Jacob kissed Rachel, and broke into tears” (Genesis 29:11). Thus begins the love story of Jacob and Rachel in the book of Genesis....

Genesis 26 tells a story from the adult life of Isaac. It is a story strikingly similar to a story about his father, Abraham, in Genesis...

'Sarah lived one hundred twenty-seven years; this was the length of Sarah’s life. And Sarah died in Kiriatharba (that is, Hebron) in the...

Recommended viewing: Difficult Texts Regarding “The Jews” in Matthew’s Gospel: A Socio-Political Framework Online Webinar from Sisters of...

Our focus this week is Genesis 22:1-19. In Christian tradition this passage is known as 'the sacrifice of Isaac'. In Jewish tradition it...