tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1664455969746162790.post8191501172717488148..comments2019-02-26T05:07:57.378-08:00Comments on Ponderings: Showing Uptkreutzkamphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14374911258236618825noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1664455969746162790.post-5217868840914027162011-01-09T18:18:51.270-08:002011-01-09T18:18:51.270-08:00Sounds like you've had an excellento weeko!
I ...Sounds like you've had an excellento weeko!<br />I think fondly of The Source. It was the book that led to the opening of my mind on the history of ancient Israel. I had a particularly gratifying - shall I call it an epiphany? - in the understanding of Israel's relations to the Canaanites because of this book. I had just finished the book and was attending Emmanuel Bible College's College for a day in the spring of '75 and was attending a lecture on I Kings 7 by Dr. George Shillington. He was commenting on Solomon's construction of the two pillars at the front of the temple. He was asking the students among whom I sat, what did they think of the significance of these two pillars in front of the temple. Nobody was answering and he was labouring the question. Finally I piped up, "fertility symbols?" Yep, he said. And he pointed out the great laver on the backs of bulls as another Canaanite influence on the temple. At that point, I realized that Sunday School lessons hadn't taught me all there was to know about the Bible. Fertility symbols in the Great Temple!<br />Well, keep it up, Brother.Daniel Is Thinkinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13067062815422682615noreply@blogger.com