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Investigation·June 2026·14 min

Why Does Jude Quote Enoch?

A case file on Scripture, citation, canon memory, and the books modern Christians were told not to read too closely.

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  • May 2026

    Investigation

    What 'Image of God' Actually Meant

    Reading Genesis 1 with ancient royal ideology in view reframes what humanity is and what it is for.

  • April 2026

    Investigation

    The Books Ethiopia Kept

    A field guide to the canon the West forgot — Jubilees, 1 Enoch, Meqabyan, and the manuscript chain that carried them.

  • March 2026

    Investigation

    Sons of God, Daughters of Men

    The strangest four verses in Genesis, and the long argument about what the ancient world thought they meant.

  • February 2026

    Essay

    On Reading Scripture Slowly

    Speed reading is an extraction posture. Slow reading is a hearing one. A short note on method.

  • January 2026

    Field Note

    Field Note: The Murabbaʿat Caves

    What a small Judean wadi tells us about how texts survive — and how they don't.