- Added Greek γένεσις (genesis) with translation
- Added Hebrew בְּרֵאשִׁית (Bereshith) with translation
- Provides readers with original language context for the book's titles
Replaced the Genesis book overview with significantly more detailed and
comprehensive content including:
- Expanded 5-paragraph introduction emphasizing Genesis as foundation
for all Scripture and theology
- Detailed 15-section outline covering each major narrative from Creation
through Joseph's death
- 9 comprehensive key themes with extensive theological descriptions:
* The Sovereignty of God in Creation
* Humanity as the Image of God
* The Origin and Nature of Sin
* The Protoevangelium and the Seed
* Covenant as the Structure of Redemption
* Election and Sovereign Grace
* Justification by Faith
* Divine Providence Over Human Evil
* The Blessing to All Nations
- 16 key verses (expanded from 8) with full text
- Enhanced sections for historical context, literary style, theological
significance, Christ in Genesis, relationship to NT, and practical
application
The new content provides deeper theological analysis while maintaining
the Tufte-inspired scholarly yet accessible tone of the site.
Rename book data file and update all references to use "Solomon's Song"
(matching verses-1769.json) instead of "Song of Solomon".
Changes:
- Rename song_of_solomon.json → solomons_song.json
- Update "name" field: "Song of Solomon" → "Solomon's Song"
- Update all verse references to use "Solomon's Song X:Y" format
This ensures the book data name matches the verses file exactly,
eliminating the need for normalization redirects.
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Updated all sections of the Song of Solomon book data:
- Introduction: Revised to emphasize the Song's unique place in Scripture,
Hebrew superlative title, dialogue structure, and dual literal/typological
interpretation following Reformed approach
- Key Themes: Replaced 8 themes with 7 focused themes including goodness of
marital desire, exclusive devotion, love strong as death, beauty of the
beloved, seeking and finding, the garden enclosed, and Christ/church typology
- Key Verses: Simplified to 7 core verses with reference and text only
- Outline: Updated to 6 sections tracking the Song's movement from longing
through consummation to the seal of love
- Historical Context: Expanded on Solomonic era and wisdom literature context
- Literary Style: Enhanced treatment of lyric poetry, wasf genre, imagery,
and Hebrew linguistic complexity
- Theological Significance: Four-paragraph treatment of creation goodness,
marital love, bride metaphor, and love's cosmic significance
- Christ in Book: Six-paragraph typological reading showing bridegroom seeking
bride, delighting in beauty, mutual possession, garden restoration, and
love conquering death
- Relationship to NT: Four-paragraph treatment of Ephesians 5, Revelation's
marriage imagery, Jesus as bridegroom, and NT sexual ethics
- Practical Application: Five-paragraph treatment for married couples, singles,
spiritual dryness, non-transactional love, and meditation on Christ's love
All content maintains theological depth while being more accessible and
clearly structured for the website.
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All four books now have comprehensive 2,000+ character introductions:
- Titus (890 → 2,800+ chars): Expanded to cover Cretan culture, Pastoral
Epistles context, dual emphasis on doctrine and good works, gospel
counterculture theme, and detailed letter structure
- 2 Timothy (898 → 3,400+ chars): Expanded to emphasize final testament
nature, contrast between imprisonments, passing the torch theme, guarding
the gospel deposit, Scripture's inspiration, and finishing well
- Zechariah (1,029 → 3,800+ chars): Expanded to cover post-exilic context,
eight night visions, messianic prophecies (humble king, pierced one),
two-part structure (chs 1-8 vs 9-14), and extensive NT quotations
- Philemon (1,090 → 3,600+ chars): Expanded to cover slavery in Roman
context, gospel doctrines (substitution, imputation, reconciliation),
Paul's pastoral diplomacy, gospel undermining slavery from within
All introductions now match the depth and comprehensiveness of other
major books (Genesis, Romans, John, Song of Solomon, etc.)
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Replace "Reformed understanding" with direct teaching statement:
- "This anticipates the Reformed understanding that even repentance is God's gift"
- → "This teaches that even repentance is God's gift"
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Add extensive theological analysis, key themes, verses with significance,
and practical applications for in-depth Bible study.
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Apply markdown filter to Literary Style section to properly render
bold text and other markdown formatting. Makes it consistent with
other sections like Theological Significance.
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- Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy fully expanded
- Each book now includes: multi-paragraph introductions, key themes with
descriptions, key verses with significance, detailed outlines, historical
context, literary style, theological significance, Christ in book,
relationship to NT, and practical application
- Update book.html template to handle new data structure
- Add markdown filter for bold text conversion
- Template now supports both old and new data formats
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- Create books.py loader module with caching for book data
- Add JSON files for each book with introduction, themes, key verses,
outline, historical context, literary style, Christ in book, and
practical application sections
- Update API routes to include book metadata and introduction data
- Update book.html template to display rich book content
- Template falls back to commentary data when book_intro unavailable
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