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You Can’t Sit at Our Table

Today, I wanted to look at the Table of Nations from Genesis 10. The Hebrew word that’s usually translated “nations” is goyim, which became gentilis in the Latin Vulgate. Both words have come to mean non-Jewish people in general, and … Continue reading →

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God Said to Noah, There’s Gonna Be a Floody-Floody

You may recall that I was quite interested in seeing Darren Aronofsky’s Noah movie, but various forces conspired against me seeing it in the theater. Beth and I finally managed to see it on DVD last night, and it kind … Continue reading →

Posted in Christianity, Environmentalism, Judaism, Mythology, Religion, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged angels, anthony hopkins, bible, cain, darren aronofsky, deuteronomy, emma watson, genesis, giants, ham, jennifer connelly, methuselah, noah, noah's ark, og, shem, tubal-cain, watchers |

Space Dog

Obviously, the Great Outside World in the Oz series is supposed to be OUR world. That doesn’t mean, however, that it doesn’t have occasional differences. In The Road to Oz, Dorothy identifies the closest town to her home as Butterfield, … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, History, Oz, Space Program | Tagged butterfield, ham, kansas, laika, nasa, ruth plumly thompson, sputnik 2, tompy terry, yankee, yankee in oz, yuri gagarin |

A Cushy History

As I’m sure you know, the Table of Nations in the book of Genesis uses individual people to stand for nations. According to the Bible, all of the countries and tribes of the world are descended from Noah, as he … Continue reading →

Posted in Egyptian, Greek Mythology, History, Judaism, Mythology, Religion | Tagged alexander the great, belus, bible, canaan, cepheus, egypt, ethiopia, ham, herodotus, jaffa, libya, nimrod, noah, poseidon, sesostris, sphinx |