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George C. Heider

George C. Heider, who most recently taught theology, Old Testament, and Near Eastern studies at Valparaiso University, is a research scholar living in northern Michigan.

Books

The Old Testament, the Tanakh, and the Hebrew Bible

Amy-Jill Levine and Marc Zvi Brettler show how multiple traditions arise when different people read the same text.
Sunday’s Coming

The Messiah's credentials

Since Jesus’ baptism is featured this week in all three lectionary years, it’s important to take into account the different emphases and nuances....
In the Lectionary

Called by God's name: Isaiah 43:1-7; Acts 8:14-17; Luke 3:15-17, 21-22

If the political movements of the second half of the 20th century taught us anything, it was that names matter....
In the Lectionary

The ultimate why: Jeremiah 31:7-14; Ephesians 1:3-14; John 1:1-18

The question arises in some form or another almost every time I teach a course on the Bible: If God knew what a mess humanity would make of God’s creation, why did God create the world as we ...
Sunday’s Coming

Creation and redemption

This week’s texts are striking for their marvelous intertwining of themes that creedal Christians, in particular, often tend to keep...
In the Lectionary

Prophets at home: Mark 6:1-13

The villagers of Nazareth knew Jesus, and they thought him to be nothing special.
In the Lectionary

Concessions to convenience: Mark 6:14-29

The memory still fills me with shame. I was a junior in high school, and had joined the small group of guys that I usually ate lunch with in the cafeteria....

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