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You want to learn the Hebrew language the Bible originally used? Come and visit this blog. This is a course on introductiom biblical hebrew at Divine Word Seminary, Tagaytay city, Philippines. Biblical Hebrew I is maintained by Rev. Fr. Randolf C. Flores, SVD. Randolf C. Flores, SVD holds a Licentiate in Sacred Scripture (SSL) from the Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome (1999); teaches courses on the Bible and Biblical Hebrew language at Divine Word Seminary, Tagaytay City and at the Loyola School of Theology, Quezon City; had taught theology at the Ateneo de Manila University where he is a PhD and SThD candidate; is a visiting professor of the School of Christian Studies of the University of St. Joseph in Macau, China. He is the past President of the Catholic Biblical Association of the Philippines (CBAP); former Chairperson of the Tagaytay Religious Association (TRA); the Co-editor of Diwa: Studies in Philosophy and Theology; founder and director of the Certificate in...

“Five Loaves & Two Fish, Bridging the Gap Between Dives and Lazarus” (Theology of the Crumbs, Part Two) Fr. Ambo S. David “Between us and you is a wide gap that prevents anyone from crossing who might wish to go from our side to yours or from your side to ours.” (Lk 16:26) It doesn’t take much to imagine the wide gap that father Abraham speaks about. We just need to look at the great divide between the rich few and the poor majority in this country. The gap remains unbridgeable, so how can we even hope to gather the scraps that fall from the rich man’s table? I hate to say this, but it is becoming clearer and clearer to me that the scraps from the rich man’s table are not the kind we would wish to gather for pondong pinoy. These are scraps from unbroken bread, which the rich man in the story never intended to share in the first place. Perhaps he was really saving them as bait for the hungry fishes that will also end up in the rich man’s table. This narrative is every bit an...

THE THEOLOGY OF THE CRUMBS By. Bishop Luis Antonio G. Tagle Launching of Pondo ng Pinoy Community Foundation, Inc. 11 June 2004 Folk Arts Theatre Roxas Boulevard, Pasay City (Editor’s Note: This article is a transcript of the talk of Bishop Chito Tagle during the launching of Pondo ng Pinoy. Due to some garbled parts of the recording towards the end of his talk, a faithful summary is herein encoded.) The story of The Rich Man and Lazarus (Lk 16:19-31) provides the biblical basis for “The Theology of the Crumbs”. There was a rich man who feasted on good food and lived in great luxury everyday, while Lazarus, a poor beggar whose wounds were licked by dogs, lay by the door waiting for crumbs. When Lazarus died, he went to heaven and was received at the bosom of Abraham. When the rich man died, he went to hell. The rich man asked Abraham in vain to send Lazarus to warn his brothers so that they would not come to the same place of pain: “If they will not listen to Moses and the pro...

Theological Studies offers a wide array of learning from Biblical to Pastoral understanding of our faith. Biblical intellectual acumen is one of the foundation of the faith received in Christ through the Apostles of which the Catholic Church has greatly cherish. Here are the site which one may use to advance one's knowledge on the beauty of biblical studies. Bible in Southeast Asia Library of the Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome Loyola School of Theology (Phil) Libray Rizal Library Ateneo de Manila University Introduction to Biblical Hebrew DWST Course Introduction to the Pentateuch DWST Course Book of Job Loyola School of Theology Graduate Studies In Biblical Exegesis Catholic Biblical Association of the Philippines Bar Nasha AdeMU Phil Bib Soc Biblicum Ecole Biblique Lit Mus Stud Blogs commenting Fr. Jessie's post