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Joseph Henry Hidley (1830–1872), who painted “Noah’s Ark,” was a cabinetmaker, taxidermist and handyman as well as a painter. During his short career from about 1859 until his death, Hidley decorated many farmhouses around Poestenkill, a small town ten miles west of Troy, New York, He painted “Noah’s Ark” in oil on a wood panel to enclose a fireplace in the living room of a farm near Troy.
The Scriptures do not need interpretation; they need understanding. And understanding comes when one comes to the author with that desire in his heart.
Prepared by J. Kenneth Eakins, professor of archaeology and Old Testament, Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary, Mill Valley, California.
1. Who was the only son of Jacob born in the Land of Promise?
2. What physical agent did Moses use to produce boils on the Egyptians and their magicians?
3. What Jewish man was saved from being hanged because of the insomnia of a king?
The Five Scrolls: Hebrew Texts, English Translations, Introductions and New Liturgiesa
