Plagues of Egypt
188A is for Alphabet, Artist, and Ahab
8 Apr 2024
25:25¶ 66
“We didn’t a whole lot. Yes, turning the Nile into blood is an attack against Osiris, the god of death and resurrection. Smiting the…”
25:54¶ 67
“The text actually at some points does explicitly say that God was waging war, bringing judgement upon all the gods of Egypt, both in…”
25:14¶ 65
“That’s a callback to the gods of Egypt and the showdown with the 10 plagues, which I don’t think we really covered in depth,…”
184Tell Me The Story... In Order
11 Mar 2024
3:09¶ 11
“As God describes the plagues, they were dramatic, traumatic, and disastrous. By the time God was done, the crops were gone, all of them…”
3:40¶ 12
“Their king was lost in the exodus proper, and the heir to the throne and one boy child in every single house had died…”
44:26¶ 133
“Plague is throughout the land. Blood is everywhere. Forsooth the river is blood, yet men drink of it. Forsooth gates, columns, and walls are…”
29Prince of Egypt (part 3): Of Liberty and Liberation
19 Jul 2020
15:18¶ 37
“Last time we also talked about how the exodus was a war on Egypt’s gods. I don’t want to repeat all of that, but…”
15:50¶ 38
“This is very much a religious event in the highest sense of the word. He’s not simply after the money and the property of…”
16:20¶ 39
“Now, it is true that God also destroyed Egypt. We can again go down the line. He destroyed the crops and the cattle. He…”
28Prince of Egypt (part 2): Of Miracles and Magic
12 Jul 2020
15:25¶ 45
“We’re told on more than one occasion that this was a war of the gods, that Yahweh was taking direct fire at Egypt’s multiple…”
5:20¶ 14
“Isn’t there some irony there in that God is pouring out these judgments, these ten plagues. He turns their water source – the Nile…”
5:55¶ 17
“When Pharaoh said, “Remove these,” Moses said yes. He just didn’t say how, and how was letting them die in place until they stunk…”
17Mythmaking
26 Apr 2020
7:55¶ 28
“This is true. I was just working through that for another article, and it’s interesting to see who thinks what god was meant by…”
8:36¶ 29
“You can talk about the plagues – and we’re going to have a discussion of those before too long – but God again does…”
7:47¶ 27
“Although God does call out the Egyptian gods, not by name but in individual smackdowns with the 10 plagues.”