Redeemed: The Great Transfer
What does it mean to be redeemed? We often use the word as another way of saying that someone has been saved or rescued. Rescue is certainly part of redemption, but the biblical story...
Foundations in Torah Dr. Dinah Dye
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The Place He Chose
One of the great biblical themes is “the place that the LORD your God will choose to put His Name.” Moses directs Israel to one location where sacrifices are offered and covenant life is...
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There’s Nothing New Under the Sun…
The headlines change every day, but the human story never does. The struggle between God’s Kingdom and the kingdoms of this world has been unfolding since the opening pages of Scripture. The Exodus was...
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The Wilderness That Remembered
The book of Deuteronomy opens with Moses looking back over Israel’s forty years in the wilderness. Before he gives Israel new instruction, he reminds them where they’ve been. Years ago, I had the privilege...
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Mount Hor: The Mountain Above Petra That Most Never See—But I Did
Most visitors who come to Petra spend the day marveling at the Treasury, the towering sandstone cliffs, and the remarkable architecture carved into the rose-red rock. Few realize that high above the ancient city...
When the Sun, Moon, and Stars Bowed
Joseph’s dream has long been read as a story of family rivalry. The sun, moon, and eleven stars bow before him, provoking jealousy and anger among his brothers. Jacob himself questions whether Joseph expects...
The Streets of Montreal That Forged a Generation
When I heard that an Israeli citizen and member of the Chabad community had been murdered in a mass shooting in Montreal’s Jewish district recently, my thoughts immediately turned to my father. My dad...
A Creative Look at the Birth of Moses
First, I would like to thank each of you for subscribing to Dinah Explores Biblical Patterns. Your financial support is a tremendous blessing and helps make this ministry possible. From time to time, I...
The Earth Gives Back Its Dead
As I was studying this week’s Torah portion, Korah, I expected to encounter the familiar themes of rebellion, priesthood, and judgment. What I did not expect was to find myself back in Matthew 27....
Splitting, Tearing, and the Threshold of a New World
A Note to Readers:This article begins a new series exploring Matthew’s account of the crucifixion and resurrection. What started as a study of the torn veil has expanded into a larger investigation of sacred...
Worship and Wrestle
The framework that once carried Christianity through American life is collapsing. In the decades following World War II, churches existed within a society that largely reinforced a Christian worldview. Schools, neighborhoods, civic institutions, entertainment,...
Brother Against Brother: Reconciliation is the Path Home to Bethel
One of the most enduring themes in Scripture is the conflict between brothers. The biblical story repeatedly returns to rivalry, jealousy, wounded honor, and the struggle over inheritance and covenant identity. Cain and Abel....
Exodus & Jesus Our Divine Warrior
Dinah joins the RING THEM BELLS podcast to share about her most recent book The Greatest Exodus. We explore the culture and context of the ANE and it’s influence of the Hebrew Bible. We...
Where Chaos Ends, Presence Begins
There is a pattern that runs like a deep current shaping Scripture from beginning to end. In the ancient world, a temple was never built in the absence of conflict. A temple always followed...
When Heaven and Earth Overlap: Rethinking the “Supernatural” in the Ancient World
UPGRADE The ancient world did not divide reality into natural and supernatural categories. That distinction belongs to a later way of thinking—one shaped by modern assumptions about a closed universe governed by impersonal forces....