THE ICONOCLASTIC MINOR PROPHETS OF ISRAEL In the eighth century BCE, there was a group of Jewish prophets known as the “Minor Prophets” because their writings were shorter than those of the Major Prophets, such as Isaiah. We will start with Hosea, who worked and wrote toward the end of the 8th century BCE (the…

THE KINGS OF ISRAEL: SAUL, DAVID, AND SOLOMON It wasn’t until I took an Old Testament Book Studies course in seminary that I realized how fascinating and instructive the Old Testament stories are. The accounts of Abraham’s twelve sons and their exploits in Egypt and the Land of Canaan have much to teach us about…