tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53076232024-03-07T21:57:22.226+08:00old testament passionhey, i would like to share with you about my passion for the Old Testament (OT). my students call me 'rabbi' or 'reb' for short.
the reb's passion in life (apart from God and wife and family) is the OT.
the reb used to teach full-time the OT in a local seminary. he also does a lot of weekend teaching and preaching in churches. and he writes and authored 10 books...
email: aloke6@gmail.comReb Anthony Lokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06476804136311625111noreply@blogger.comBlogger807125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5307623.post-19814125606971487262022-07-19T17:48:00.005+08:002022-07-19T17:49:41.579+08:00Book review of Stovell and Fuller's The Book of the TwelveA new book review on my academia page of Beth M Stovell and David J Fuller's The Book of the Twelve (Cascade Companions; Eugene: Wipf & Stock, 2022):https://www.academia.edu/83399930/Book_Review_of_Stovell_and_Fuller_The_Book_of_the_TwelveReb Anthony Lokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06476804136311625111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5307623.post-26916553512128196772022-05-18T11:26:00.002+08:002022-07-19T17:59:08.383+08:00Ruth Made Simple Latest publication in Jan 2021... Ruth Made SimpleAvailable from Pustaka SUFES or from the author... Reb Anthony Lokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06476804136311625111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5307623.post-22688265864661809592019-11-26T17:18:00.001+08:002019-11-26T17:18:24.990+08:00Esther Made Simple
My latest book, Esther Made Simple, is now available from Pustaka SuFes PJ. The retail price is RM20.00. If you get it from the author, it is at RM10.00 plus the author's signature.Esther Made Simple is the latest addition to The Old Testament Made Simple series. Other titles include Proverbs Made Simple, Job Made Simple, Ecclesiastes Made Simple, Lamentations Made Simple, Elijah Made SimpleReb Anthony Lokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06476804136311625111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5307623.post-36678051378543218472019-11-13T11:47:00.000+08:002019-11-13T11:49:05.151+08:00justice 'texas chainsaw massacre style'justice 'texas chainsaw massacre style'
tonite is the last class on the book of judges at Collective SJ. we end with the terrible stories in the appendix of the book. the first story in judges 17-18 is about micah, his idols, the levite, and the danites. the second story is about the levite, his concubine, the men of gibeah, and the civil war between 11 tribes vs the tribe of benjamin.
in Reb Anthony Lokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06476804136311625111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5307623.post-74905944713756618392018-07-17T11:28:00.001+08:002018-07-17T11:28:12.566+08:00book review Kathleen O'Connor's book Jeremiah: Pain and PromiseBook review by the reb on Kathleen O'Connor's book Jeremiah: Pain and Promise on Academia
http://www.academia.edu/36711429/Book_Review_by_Dr_Anthony_on_Kathleen_M_OConnor.pdfReb Anthony Lokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06476804136311625111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5307623.post-41417784260170481952018-07-02T15:35:00.000+08:002018-07-02T15:35:09.028+08:00Song of Songs Made Simplethe reb's latest book, Song of Songs Made Simple, is out.
this is the 6th title in "The Old Testament Made Simple" series.
you can get a copy from pustaka sufes bookshop at RM20.00
or get it from the author at RM19.00
Reb Anthony Lokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06476804136311625111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5307623.post-81675393905291735042018-05-01T21:30:00.003+08:002018-05-01T21:30:36.590+08:00Book Review of Richard S Harvey's Luther and the Jewshere is my book review of Richard S Harvey's book Luther and the Jews: Putting Right the Lies.
it is also posted in academia.
http://www.academia.edu/36542987/Review_of_Richard_S_Harvey_Book.pdf
Book Review by Dr Anthony Loke of Richard S Harvey, Luther and the Jews: Putting Right the Lies, (Eugene: Cascade, 2017), 138 pages. [ISBN: 978-1-5326-1901-4]
Richard Harvey is a Messianic Jew and inReb Anthony Lokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06476804136311625111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5307623.post-64631700415336267702018-03-07T20:53:00.000+08:002018-03-07T20:53:19.905+08:00new Christian Standard Bible
we already have a proliferation of English translations of the Bible. so, here's another new English translation called Christian Standard Bible or CSB. just how good is it?you can check it out on their website:
https://csbible.com
for a 48 page sampler of their CSB Study Bible, you can download it from this link:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lLTyPRq9b4yi1p107QFUyrjRo4OZurhU/view
some Reb Anthony Lokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06476804136311625111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5307623.post-43959304496200563442018-02-23T14:12:00.001+08:002018-02-23T14:15:33.380+08:00prayer of jabez - what's the big deal
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1200269270022795/permalink/1552416364808082/
in a recent post on facebook on the reb's bible bytes & bits, there was a question posed by a reader, martin, on one of the prayers mentioned, i.e., the prayer of jabez.
Cannot remember all those long prayers! But the Jabez prayer seems to be always on the top list other than the Lord's prayer! Why such a short Reb Anthony Lokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06476804136311625111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5307623.post-51528271658737003802018-02-21T16:15:00.001+08:002018-02-21T16:15:58.428+08:00from one elevated place to another elevated place
https://www.crossway.org/articles/what-is-gods-holy-mountain/
Dr T. Desmond Alexander is a great writer. He writes a lot on the Pentateuch and biblical theology. His books on OT often cover a biblical theological sweep e.g. From Paradise to the Promised Land: An Introduction to the Pentateuch (1995). He has also written From Eden to the New Jerusalem: An Introduction to Biblical TheologyReb Anthony Lokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06476804136311625111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5307623.post-67855551163097295592018-02-19T15:13:00.000+08:002018-02-19T15:13:08.823+08:00child sacrifice in OT times?
http://www.asor.org/anetoday/2017/12/child-sacrifice-ancient-israel
just last week, we covered Jeremiah 7 in class where the prophet accused his contemporaries of offering child sacrifices at Topheth in the Valley of Hinnom. the Valley of Hinnom at the southern end of the city of Jerusalem was used to burn rubbish and by the time of the NT, it was obviously still in use. Jesus referred to theReb Anthony Lokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06476804136311625111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5307623.post-3853845696400938862018-02-19T13:33:00.001+08:002018-02-19T13:37:42.199+08:00after a hiatus of a year (where the reb's bytes and bits took off on facebook), oldtestamentpassion.blogspot.com will be back in action. so, keep glue to updates...links can be found on the bytes and bits.
Reb Anthony Lokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06476804136311625111noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5307623.post-86985763417210745112016-12-14T10:43:00.000+08:002016-12-14T10:43:11.631+08:00oldest alphabet is proto-hebrew?Oldest alphabet identified as Hebrew
Controversial claim argues that ancient Israelites turned Egyptian hieroglyphics into letters
SAN ANTONIO — The world’s earliest alphabet, inscribed on stone slabs at several Egyptian sites, was an early form of Hebrew, a controversial new analysis concludes.
Israelites living in Egypt transformed that civilization’s hieroglyphics into Hebrew 1.0 more than Reb Anthony Lokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06476804136311625111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5307623.post-25349987642185858242016-09-30T08:15:00.000+08:002016-09-30T08:15:00.659+08:00where is abel beth maacah?Abel Beth Maacah in the Bible
Inside the 2014 excavations of a Biblical site in Northern Israel: Part I
Lauren Monroe • 07/07/2014
Cornell University professor Lauren Monroe shares an update from the second season of excavation at Abel Beth Maacah, directed by Robert A. Mullins and Nava Panitz-Cohen. Check back with us for more posts on this new excavation project as the season Reb Anthony Lokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06476804136311625111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5307623.post-35486278718505058362016-09-26T22:12:00.001+08:002016-09-26T22:16:59.885+08:00older than the DSSBook of Leviticus Verses Recovered from Burnt Hebrew Bible Scroll
Oldest Hebrew Bible scroll since the Dead Sea Scrolls found at Ein Gedi
Robin Ngo • 09/23/2016
This Bible History Daily feature was originally published in 2015. It has been updated.—Ed.
A charred Hebrew Bible scroll was discovered in the Torah ark in a Byzantine synagogue at Ein Gedi, Israel. Photo: ShaiReb Anthony Lokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06476804136311625111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5307623.post-61782516033046428942016-09-14T10:47:00.001+08:002016-09-14T10:47:34.986+08:00who is a copt? what is coptic language?What Is Coptic and Who Were the Copts in Ancient Egypt?
A short history of ancient Egyptian language
Megan Sauter • 08/15/2016
This Bible History Daily feature was originally published in 2015.—Ed.
WHAT IS COPTIC, AND WHO WERE THE COPTS?
Dated to the fourth–fifth century C.E., the Codex Grazier is written in the Coptic language—the fifth and final stage of ancient Reb Anthony Lokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06476804136311625111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5307623.post-74846419242713001252016-09-05T22:51:00.000+08:002016-09-05T22:51:06.735+08:00khirbet qeiyafa in valley of elahHumble olive pits are prime find at exhibit from ancient city associated with King David
Artifacts from Khirbet Qeiyafa, which dates back 3,000 years to the dawn of the Kingdom of Judah, go on display at Bible Lands Museum for first time
Olive pits may be the afterthought of a meal, but they’re a crucial clue found at a biblical site near Jerusalem that is the focus of a new exhibit, “In the Reb Anthony Lokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06476804136311625111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5307623.post-24968094006820277792016-09-05T22:43:00.002+08:002016-09-05T22:43:37.104+08:00which is the oldest hebrew bible?What Is the Oldest Hebrew Bible?
The formation of the Hebrew Bible from the Dead Sea Scrolls to the Aleppo Codex
Jennifer Drummond • 11/01/2015
What is the oldest Hebrew Bible? That is a complicated question. The Dead Sea Scrolls are fragments of the oldest Hebrew Bible text, while the Aleppo Codex and the Leningrad Codex are the oldest complete versions, written by the Reb Anthony Lokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06476804136311625111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5307623.post-7873076254868533622016-09-01T09:09:00.001+08:002016-09-01T09:09:43.019+08:00Online free Torah
free online torah in 3 languages - hebrew, english and russian.
you can access the hebrew torah online.
click on the url below:
http://www.publishersrow.com/etorah/Reb Anthony Lokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06476804136311625111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5307623.post-11809341894608927952016-08-29T17:31:00.002+08:002016-09-01T12:33:51.235+08:00book review of Michael J Gorman's Reading Revelation ResponsiblyBook Review will appear in September Issue of Berita STM.
It is also uploaded on Academia.
Book Review of Michael J. Gorman’s Reading Revelation
Responsibly: Uncivil Worship and Witness: Following the Lamb into the New
Creation (Eugene, Oregon: Cascade Books, 2011).
When Christians think about the Book of Revelation,
apocalyptic ideas immediately come to mind such as wars and rumours of Reb Anthony Lokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06476804136311625111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5307623.post-19269601063644759592016-08-26T11:14:00.000+08:002016-08-26T11:14:12.374+08:00ancient stone jars workshop
Jewish Purification: Stone Vessel Workshop Discovered in Galilee
A 2,000-year-old stone production center points to ritual purity
Robin Ngo • 08/25/2016
Where do the “Stone Age” and the time of Jesus meet without the aid of a space-time wormhole? At the Galilean site of ‘Einot Amitai near Nazareth in northern Israel, where archaeologists have discovered a 2,000-year-old quarry andReb Anthony Lokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06476804136311625111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5307623.post-76326708152119693332016-08-18T14:45:00.001+08:002016-08-18T14:45:32.392+08:00dead sea scrolls being digitizedhttps://youtu.be/Yp6nLMPt-og
If digital technology poses any threat to the market for words printed on real paper—and the jury is still out on that one—then it must also be credited for exposing us to texts from the ancient world.
Last fall we posted about how the Israel Museum digitized the Dead Sea Scrolls, nearly 1,000 texts found on the northwest shore of the Dead Sea in 1946. They are Reb Anthony Lokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06476804136311625111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5307623.post-65085951857370924602016-08-14T15:22:00.000+08:002016-08-14T15:22:52.545+08:00is the Holy Spirit feminine? and other things like Mother God...
There are some Christians who go on the internet and read some cranky stuff and then come to the conclusion that the Holy Spirit is feminine...and thereby also conclude that God is feminine or there is a version of a Mother God et cetera...
The conclusion is quickly reached because they are told that since the Hebrew word (ruach) for spirit is feminine, the Holy Spirit is therefore feminineReb Anthony Lokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06476804136311625111noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5307623.post-38672987203143327802016-08-12T00:33:00.002+08:002016-08-12T00:33:58.814+08:00roman frescoes from tzippori
Rare Roman-era frescoes uncovered in GalileeTeam working at site of ancient Tzippori discover ‘monumental building’ decorated with images of exotic animals
A team of archaeologists from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem uncovered rare Roman frescoes at Tzippori National Park in the Galilee.
The university said Wednesday the frescoes adorned a monumental building that dates back to the Reb Anthony Lokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06476804136311625111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5307623.post-76576515115290419772016-08-05T19:59:00.000+08:002016-08-05T19:59:22.010+08:00what did the ancient Hittites eat?
Archaeological team prepares 4,000-year-old Hittite meals
DAILY SABAH WITH ANADOLU AGENCY
ISTANBUL
Published
September 8, 2015
Archaeological team prepares 4,000-year-old Hittite meals
An archaeological team excavating the ancient site of Alacahöyük, one of the most significant centers of the ancient Hittite civilization, cooked pastries belonging to Hittite cuisine that dates back 4,000Reb Anthony Lokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06476804136311625111noreply@blogger.com0