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Nakedness as a Metaphor in Scripture: The New Testament

Posted on March 22, 2016 by Don Merritt

You might have thought after our last post on this subject that it’s all well and good to discuss nakedness in the Old Testament, but we live under the New Testament, and many things changed because of what Jesus has … Continue reading →

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Nakedness as a Metaphor in Scripture: Perspective

Posted on March 12, 2016 by Don Merritt

I’ve heard people say that nakedness is always bad in Scripture; pastors, professors, regular folks; this idea seems to be widely held. Yet as we have already seen in this study, it may be widely held, but it isn’t quite … Continue reading →

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Nakedness as a Metaphor in Scripture: Word Study… “ervah”

Posted on March 8, 2016 by Don Merritt

In the last post on nakedness as a Biblical metaphor, we reviewed the Hebrew words arowm and eyrom. We found that both of these words mean nakedness, a state being in the absence of clothing. Both words we found to … Continue reading →

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Nakedness as a Metaphor in Scripture: Word Study…”arowm” and “eyrom”

Posted on March 4, 2016 by Don Merritt

In our examination of nakedness as a metaphor in Scripture, we need to look into the instances where nakedness is mentioned in the Scriptures in an effort to figure out what is going on before we can draw any sort … Continue reading →

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Nakedness as a Metaphor in Scripture: An introduction

Posted on March 1, 2016 by Don Merritt

Nakedness in Scripture is actually a fascinating study that very few undertake these days, because it may sound to many like something that appeals to some sort of prurient interest. I can recall vividly the way undergrads reacted when I … Continue reading →

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