Moses – Heartlands

27 June 2018Alex Joyner

Everyday Apocalypse: Poetry

Katherine Sonderegger is right when she says: It is a wonder that Moses is not annihilated—consumed—by the Name uttered to him in the wilderness. For all the other apocalypses in Holy Scripture can only pale before this Naming, the annihilating Speech of God as Subject. This is the end, the finality of all creatures, of […]

23 February 2018Alex Joyner

How to Part Ways With Gadites: A Review of Olu Brown’s New Book

When Olu Brown imagines the conversation between Moses and the leaders of the tribes of Reuben and Gad, it’s a poignant scene. These two tribes, who had traveled through the wilderness on the promise of a new land, were stopping short of the goal, requesting to remain behind as Israel moved on across the Jordan. […]