Author: calgacus83

• The Ten Commandments

  The 3rd Commandment “You must not use the name of Yahweh your God in an empty way, because Yahweh will not excuse anyone who uses his name gratuitously.”  In the days in which the Old Testament books were written, to know a name was to have insight into the essence of the name-bearer, and thereby […]

  calgacus83

  5th Dec 2020

  Hebrew Bible, Old Testament, Religion

  Alternative facts, Naming, Yahweh

• The Ten Commandments

  The 2nd Commandment “You must not make for yourself (for the purposes of worship), either a carved image, or a representation of anything in the sky above, or the earth beneath, or the waters under the earth. You must neither bow down nor offer service to them, because I, Yahweh your God, am a jealous […]

  calgacus83

  5th Dec 2020

  Hebrew Bible, Old Testament, Religion

  Images of God, Spirit, Thomas Aquinas

• The Ten Commandments

  The 1st Commandment “You must not have any other gods before me”. In my lockdown spare time, I’m revisiting my long-ago degree in Hebrew and Old Testament, and I’m taking a fresh look at the 10 Commandments. In doing so, I’m discovering things that we’re not always made aware of (assuming, of course, that these […]

  calgacus83

  5th Dec 2020

  Hebrew Bible, Old Testament, Religion

  Canaan, Israel, Polytheism