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Prof.
Nathan MacDonald
University of Cambridge

Prof. Nathan MacDonald is Professor in the Interpretation of the Old Testament at the University of Cambridge and a fellow at St John’s College. He previously taught and researched at St Andrews University and Göttingen University. He is the author of four books, the most recent of which is Priestly Rule: Polemic and Biblical Interpretation in Ezekiel 44 (Berlin: De Gruyter, 2015).

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February 14, 2022

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Priestly Rule: Polemic and Biblical Interpretation in Ezekiel 44

What Did the Ancient Israelites Eat?: Diet in Biblical Times

Not Bread Alone: The Uses of Food in the Old Testament

Deuteronomy and the Meaning of Monotheism

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The Golden Calf: A Post-Exilic Message of Forgiveness

Jeroboam makes two golden calves, and sets them up at Dan and Bethel. Post-exilic biblical scribes revised this archetypal act of apostasy by introducing a new version of the same sin set in a more ancient period: Aaron's Golden Calf at the foot of Mount Sinai.

The Golden Calf: A Post-Exilic Message of Forgiveness

Jeroboam makes two golden calves, and sets them up at Dan and Bethel. Post-exilic biblical scribes revised this archetypal act of apostasy by introducing a new version of the same sin set in a more ancient period: Aaron's Golden Calf at the foot of Mount Sinai.

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