The Main Features of Cybernetics
The article presented below was the first positive article on cybernetics in the USSR which appeared in the journal Problems of Philosophy in 1955.
Entropy and Relative Entropy
These notes explore notions of informational entropy and discuss their implications.
Elusive and Polychromatic Identities of the 'Suffering Servant'
This article explores the multifarious identities of the 'suffering servant' of Isaiah 52.13-53.12. A reading sensitive to the historical context of the original authors more sensibly identifies the servant with Israel. Nevertheless, the Christological reading is a valid (albeit oblique) one, which can shift in and out of focus depending on one's hermeneutical lens.
The Gospel of Mark
Notes on the Gospel of Mark with various parallel source texts and an English translation.
Philo's On the Giants
Philo of Alexandria’s short treatise De Gigantibus (“On the Giants”) is part of his massive Allegorical Commentary on Genesis, specifically unpacking Genesis 6.1β4.
Defending Second Isaiah
Not long ago, a friend proposed a number of objections to a composite view of Isaiah citing articles from an early edition of the New Bible Commentary and GotQuestions.org. Some of my thoughts on them β¦
Is Isaiah Written by a Single Author?
Those who contend for the singular authorship of Isaiah, argue on the basis that the historical Isaiah wrote chapters 40-55 adopting a perspective from a future point in time. While this view cannot β¦