Stories in Wisdom from the Hebrew Scriptures

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  • Creation
    From Wisdom from the Hebrew Scriptures

    Genesis 1: 1-31; 2:1-4 (New Revised Standard Version) In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God swept over the face of the waters. Then God said, “Let there be light,” and there was…

  • David and Goliath
    From Wisdom from the Hebrew Scriptures

    1 Samuel 17 (New Revised Standard Version) Now the Philistines gathered their armies for battle… The Philistines stood on the mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on the mountain on the other side, with a valley between them. And there came out from the camp of the Philistines a champion…

  • Isaiah - Exile and Hope
    From Wisdom from the Hebrew Scriptures

    Isaiah 52: 1-2, 13-15; 53: 1-8, 54: 2-4, 7-8 (New Revised Standard Version) Awake, awake, Put on your strength O Zion! Put on your beautiful garments… Shake yourself from the dust and rise up, O captive Jerusalem; Loose the bonds from your neck, O captive daughter Zion! … See, my servant will…

  • Manna in the Wilderness
    From Wisdom from the Hebrew Scriptures

    Exodus 16: 1-31; 35 (New Revised Standard Version) The whole congregation of the Israelites set out from Elim; and Israel came to the wilderness… The whole congregation of the Israelites complained against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness….

  • Nathan Confronts David
    From Wisdom from the Hebrew Scriptures

    2 Samuel 12: 1-10 (New Revised Standard Version) But the thing that David had done displeased the Lord, and the Lord sent Nathan to David. He [Nathan] came to him [David], and said to him, “There were two men in a certain city, the one rich and the other poor….

  • Sarah, Hagar, and Abraham
    From Wisdom from the Hebrew Scriptures

    Genesis 15:1-5; Genesis 16: 1-11, 13-16, Genesis 17: 1- 5, 15-16; Genesis 21: 1-3, 6, 8-19 (New Revised Standard Version) … the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision….

  • The Battle of Jericho
    From Wisdom from the Hebrew Scriptures

    Joshua 1: 1-3, Joshua 2:1-7,15-18, 21, Joshua 6: 1-25 (New Revised Standard Version) … The Lord spoke to Joshua son of Nun… saying, “… Now proceed to cross the Jordan [River], you and all this people, into the land that I am giving to them, the Israelites. Every place that the sole of your…

  • The Binding of Isaac
    From Wisdom from the Hebrew Scriptures

    Genesis 22: 1-13 (New Revised Standard Version) After these things God tested Abraham….

  • The Ugly Duckling
    From Wisdom from the Hebrew Scriptures

    This story is abridged from one published by Hans Christian Anderson in 1844 and translated by H.P. Paull in 1872. (Hans Christian Anderson: Fairy Tales and Stories).It was lovely summer weather in the country. A duck was on her nest, watching for her young brood to hatch. At length one shell…