David Mapugilo
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INTRODUCTION TO THE HEBREW BIBLE
MODULE 4: SESSION 21: Characterization and Biblical Setting
In biblical narrative characters are critical elements in interpretation of biblical events. In biblical narrative the narrator often allows the reader to evaluate the character’s decisions by narrative the consequences of the character’s decisions.…
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ADAM TO NOAH
MODULE 4: SESSION 20: The Snake in Genesis and Beyond
The snake appears first but is placed under human authority, introducing the recurring biblical motif of the latecomer gaining favor and stirring jealousy. In Genesis and throughout the Hebrew Bible, textual hints reveal the snake as a spiritual being, not merely an animal. Its…
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HEAVEN AND EARTH
MODULE 4: SESSION 20: Rivers of Life
In the Hebrew Bible rivers and and springs are symbolic of the divine gifts of life in almost every point where they are mentioned in the bible. The river is likened to God himself and in its manifestation capacity has been depicted to bring life everywhere. Just imagine Hagar, the Israelites…
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INTRODUCTION TO THE HEBREW BIBLE
MODULE 4: SESSION 20: Plots and Subplots
One way biblical narrative uses plot is through plot embedding, or layers of storylines working together to tell the overall story of the Bible. Individual narratives are framed within a larger context that gives them a meaning that transcends the individual events. It…
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ADAM TO NOAH
MODULE 4: SESSION 19: Humanity Fails the Test
Humans fail when they attempt to make themselves equal with God instead of trusting His wisdom and generosity. In the garden of Eden, this tragic choice was not simply about eating forbidden fruit but about grasping for independence and self-exaltation. Their desire to seize what God…
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That’s right! Humanity’s sin was not solely that they ate the fruit but the fact that they sought to define good and evil for themselves and rebelled against God.
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HEAVEN AND EARTH
MODULE 4: SESSION 19: Reflections on Where All Creations is Headed
The ultimate goal of creation defines what is truly good: humans as God’s image-bearers living on dry land, farming, and raising families. Genesis 1 presents this as an ideal pattern, but when the story moves to history, people fail to reach that ideal. Instead,…
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INTRODUCTION TO THE HEBREW BIBLE
MODULE 4: SESSION 19: Plot In Biblical Narrative: The Story of Jonah
The plot is an arrangement of characters and events into a meaningful sequence in order to communicate the real meaning of a story. The plot of a narrative invests the story with meaning the conflict within a plot and how the conflict is…
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Thank you for sharing, Brother David. The Bible is a complex piece of literature with several layers of meaning, even within the same story.
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Thank you Sir
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ADAM TO NOAH
MODULE 4: The Snake and the Humans
SESSION 18: The Shrewd Talking Snake
The Hebrew word arum translated as “prudent, cunning, or sensible” is used to describe the snake in Genesis 3. This term is not inherently negative and does not necessarily imply trickery or falsehood. Instead, it can mean shrewd or discerning, qualities often…
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Interesting reflection from word study. A complex story indeed. I’d add that the serpent may be shrewd, even wise, but certainly not innocent. But the weight of disobedience cannot be put completely on the serpent, man is to blame for choosing to eat from the wrong tree. Glory to God for redemption in Christ.
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Thank you Sir, this is correct. What intrigued me the most is the pairing of both words naked and shrewd to mean “arum”.
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HEAVEN AND EARTH
MODULE 4: SESSION 18: The Dry Land
The biblical authors portrayed the dry land as a disc surrounded by and resting on the waters. It is set up on pillars that God upholds by his power. It is always under the narrative that its foundations are in the waters and waters referred to as the demarcation or its boundaries. The In…
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INTRODUCTION TO THE HEBREW BIBLE
MODULE 4: Interpreting Biblical Narrative
SESSION 18: Literally Representation and “Reality”
Biblical narrative forms two third of the whole Hebrew Bible where the remaining one third is poetic narration. When we read biblical narrative, we are reading an interpretation of the biblical events within the…
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Great summary, @davidmapugilogmail-com
The text interprets itself. This is one principle that Bible students must fully accept in order to do justice to the text. When we do not have enough information in the text on which to base our interpretation, the next place to look is the immediate and broader literary contexts, then…
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Thank you Sir
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