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Lot and his Daughters leaving Sodom&#13;
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Daughters</image:title><image:caption>Cranach the elder, Lucas; Lot and His Daughters; Compton Verney; http://www.artuk.org/artworks/lot-and-his-daughters-54748</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-06-11T08:13:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2018/05/19/the-bibles-one-and-only-fart-joke-maybe/</loc><lastmod>2024-10-19T13:59:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2018/05/18/toilet-humour-in-the-bible/</loc><lastmod>2024-06-04T00:14:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/teaching-speaking-and-research/</loc><lastmod>2024-05-28T03:03:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/about/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://stephencook.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/img_1970.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_1970</image:title><image:caption>Dr Stephen D. Cook, University of Sydney</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://stephencook.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/stephen-at-uni.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Stephen at University of Sydney</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-05-28T02:55:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2013/04/16/it-is-written-quotations-from-the-old-testament-in-the-new-testament-3/</loc><lastmod>2023-08-02T04:39:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2023/05/20/the-ten-or-eleven-commandments/</loc><lastmod>2023-08-11T10:39:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2023/03/19/how-many-ancient-versions-of-esther-were-there/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://stephencook.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/esther-at-national-gallery-of-victoria.jpg</image:loc><image:title>esther-at-national-gallery-of-victoria</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-19T01:35:44+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2012/12/11/who-laid-the-earths-foundation-quoting-psalm-102-in-hebrews-1/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-04T05:47:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2022/08/30/curse-god-and-die-did-jobs-wife-really-say-that/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://stephencook.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/traversi_job_mocked_by_his_wife.jpg</image:loc><image:title>traversi_job_mocked_by_his_wife</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-07-14T10:09:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2022/08/01/the-problem-of-saul-5-good-king-saul/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://stephencook.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/david-and-saul-josephson.jpg</image:loc><image:title>david-and-saul-josephson</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-01-03T15:36:42+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2022/07/09/the-problem-with-saul-3-michal-and-the-end-of-sauls-line/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://stephencook.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/virginio-grana-david-and-michal-1865-accademia-ligustica-di-belle-arti-genoa-italy-in-the-public-domain.jpg</image:loc><image:title>virginio-grana-david-and-michal-1865-accademia-ligustica-di-belle-arti-genoa-italy-in-the-public-domain</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2022-07-21T23:55:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2022/07/04/the-problem-with-saul-2-saul-and-goliath/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://stephencook.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/david-with-the-head-of-goliath-before-saul-rembrandt.jpg</image:loc><image:title>HxB: 27.4 x 39.7 cm; Öl auf Eichenholz; Inv. G 1958.37</image:title><image:caption>HxB: 27.4 x 39.7 cm; Öl auf Eichenholz; Inv. G 1958.37</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-07-21T23:53:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2022/07/16/the-problem-of-saul-4-saul-david-and-churchill/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://stephencook.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/sir_winston_churchill.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sir_winston_churchill</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2022-07-16T05:08:05+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/blog-posts/heroes-and-villains-in-the-bible/</loc><lastmod>2022-07-14T00:06:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/david-and-solomon/</loc><lastmod>2022-07-14T00:05:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/jonah/</loc><lastmod>2022-07-10T02:15:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2012/09/11/sheol-identified/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://stephencook.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/jonah-in-the-whale2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Jonah in the belly of the fish</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://stephencook.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/jonah-in-the-whale1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Jonah in the belly of the fish</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://stephencook.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/jonah-in-the-whale.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Jonah in the belly of the fish</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2022-07-10T01:47:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2019/06/13/a-biblical-homophobic-slur/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://stephencook.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/julius_kronberg_david_och_saul_1885.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Julius_Kronberg_David_och_Saul_1885</image:title><image:caption>David and Saul, Julius Kronberg, 1885.
From this picture one would think that it was Saul, not Jonathan, who was in love with David!</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-07-10T01:32:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2019/06/20/david-amnon-tamar-and-absalom-narcissism-and-its-family-consequences/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://stephencook.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/1920px-convito_di_ansalonne.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Banquet of Absalom, Niccolò De Simone</image:title><image:caption>The murder of Amnon at the Banquet of Absalom, Niccolò De Simone (17th century Flemish artist)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://stephencook.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/amnon-and-tamar.jpg</image:loc><image:title>amnon-and-tamar</image:title><image:caption>Amnon and Tamar, by Jan Steen, c. 1661-1670</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-04-18T10:42:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2020/04/04/david-and-goliath-history-or-legend/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://stephencook.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/caravaggio_-_david_with_the_head_of_goliath_-_vienna.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Caravaggio, David with the Head of Goliath, c. 1607, in the Kunsthistorisches Museum Gemäldegalerie, Vienna</image:title><image:caption>Caravaggio, David with the Head of Goliath, c. 1607, in the Kunsthistorisches Museum Gemäldegalerie, Vienna</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://stephencook.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/600px-david_with_the_head_of_goliath-caravaggio_1610.jpg</image:loc><image:title>600px-David_with_the_Head_of_Goliath-Caravaggio_(1610)</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2022-07-10T01:27:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2020/04/10/david-and-jerusalem/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://stephencook.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/1024px-jw_img_4893.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Jebusite wall</image:title><image:caption>Ancient ruins in Jerusalem believed by archaeologists to be part of the wall of the Jebusite city</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-08-16T10:33:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2021/01/14/new-year-new-look/</loc><lastmod>2022-07-10T01:21:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2021/01/19/in-sin-my-mother-conceived-me-was-david-illegitimate/</loc><lastmod>2023-07-05T00:19:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2022/07/02/the-problem-with-saul-1/</loc><lastmod>2022-07-10T01:03:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2022/01/21/heroes-and-villains-6-uzziah-aka-azariah-is-burning-incense-a-bad-thing/</loc><lastmod>2022-07-10T00:53:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2021/12/24/heroes-and-villains-3-the-division-of-israel-into-two-kingdoms-and-its-causes/</loc><lastmod>2024-06-28T14:54:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2021/12/20/heroes-and-villains-2/</loc><lastmod>2022-07-10T00:50:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2021/12/19/heroes-and-villains-in-the-bible-1/</loc><lastmod>2023-12-23T23:07:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/biblical-art/</loc><lastmod>2022-07-10T00:36:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2022/07/10/david-and-michal-by-virginio-grana-1865-oil-on-canvas/</loc><lastmod>2022-07-10T00:25:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2020/07/31/the-male-gaze-and-biblical-interpretation/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://stephencook.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/judith_with_the_head_of_holofernes_by_cristofano_allori.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Judith_with_the_Head_of_Holofernes_by_Cristofano_Allori</image:title><image:caption>Judith with the Head of Holofernes by Cristofano Allori, in the Royal Collection (public domain).</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://stephencook.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/esther-and-ahasuerus.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Esther and Ahasuerus</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2022-07-03T06:39:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2020/09/01/hebrew-greek-or-nonsense/</loc><lastmod>2022-07-03T06:38:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2020/09/02/esther-before-ahasuerus/</loc><lastmod>2022-07-03T06:36:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2020/10/04/rembrandts-hebrew/</loc><lastmod>2022-07-03T06:35:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2021/01/31/michelangelo-and-the-statue-of-david-a-biblical-theme-loved-by-the-artist/</loc><lastmod>2022-07-03T06:32:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2021/01/23/the-david-plates-nine-silver-plates-depicting-early-scenes-of-the-life-of-david/</loc><lastmod>2022-07-03T06:31:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2021/01/17/giovanni-francesco-barbieri-il-guercinos-king-david/</loc><lastmod>2022-07-03T06:30:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2020/12/12/the-story-of-adam-and-eve-in-the-bible-various-artists/</loc><lastmod>2022-07-03T06:28:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2020/12/05/biblical-women-in-art-susanna-and-the-elders/</loc><lastmod>2022-07-03T06:27:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2020/12/02/orazio-gentileschi-painter-of-biblical-beauty/</loc><lastmod>2022-07-03T06:24:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2020/09/09/edwin-long-and-edward-poynter-orientalism-neoclassicism-and-biblical-art/</loc><lastmod>2022-07-03T06:23:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2020/08/16/eduard-bendemann-jewish-german-painter-of-the-19th-century/</loc><lastmod>2022-07-03T06:21:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2020/08/11/raphael-renaissance-painter/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://stephencook.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/raphael_isaiah.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Raphael_Isaiah</image:title><image:caption>Raphael, The Prophet Isaiah</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-07-03T06:20:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2020/07/30/michelangelo-merisi-da-caravaggio-a-religious-painter/</loc><lastmod>2022-07-03T06:17:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2020/07/22/the-art-of-vengeance-the-biblical-art-of-artemisis-gentilesch/</loc><lastmod>2022-07-03T06:15:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2013/06/29/it-is-written-quotations-from-the-old-testament-in-the-new-testament-6/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://stephencook.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/habakkuk_pesher.png</image:loc><image:title>Habakkuk Pesher</image:title><image:caption>Pesher Habakkuk</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-06-04T01:28:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2020/11/27/daniels-time-periods-and-the-lunar-versus-solar-calendar-debate/</loc><lastmod>2022-06-01T09:04:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2022/06/01/do-your-own-research/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://stephencook.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/pexels-photo-261909.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>adult blur books close up</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Pixabay on &lt;a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/adult-blur-books-close-up-261909/" 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sacrificing to his idol, oil on canvas by Claes Corneliszoon Moeyaert, 1641</image:title><image:caption>Jeroboam sacrificing to his idol, Claes Corneliszoon Moeyaert, 1641</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://stephencook.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/01-david-people-bible.ngsversion.1545409801436.adapt_.1900.1-e1555475806673.jpg</image:loc><image:title>King David</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2022-02-17T04:12:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2019/12/14/the-bible-in-conversation-with-itself-2-why-two-accounts-of-the-history-of-israel/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://stephencook.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/chronicles.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Chronicles</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2022-02-17T04:11:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2018/06/03/irony-satire-and-humour-in-1-2-samuel/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://stephencook.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/78904_saulanointed_sm.gif</image:loc><image:title>78904_saulanointed_sm</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://stephencook.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/vignon_the-prophet-samuel.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Vignon_The-Prophet-Samuel</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-02-15T13:28:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2019/07/12/how-to-read-samuel-and-kings/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://stephencook.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/guercino_saul_davide.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Guercino_Saul_Davide</image:title><image:caption>Saul Attacking David" by Guercino (1591-1666), (Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome).</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-02-17T04:09:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2020/11/18/when-were-daniel-and-esther-written-and-why/</loc><lastmod>2022-01-21T21:20:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2019/04/24/biblical-kings-3-the-jehu-dynasty/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://stephencook.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/133614-050-5d892803.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Jezebel</image:title><image:caption>The Death of Jezebel, engraving by Gustave 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In the public domain.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-11-28T21:48:38+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2020/06/18/a-man-is-master-in-his-own-house-irony-and-satire-in-the-book-of-esther-1/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://stephencook.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/vashtirefusesthekingssummons.long_.png</image:loc><image:title>VashtiRefusestheKingsSummons.Long</image:title><image:caption>Vashti Refuses the King's Summons, by Edwin Long, 1879. In the public domain.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-01-31T14:25:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2011/12/02/what-happened-to-jobs-children/</loc><lastmod>2025-07-09T12:38:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2014/03/23/jesus-on-hell-2-a-diversion-on-the-soul/</loc><lastmod>2020-11-26T00:43:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2020/11/26/lifting-the-lid-on-israels-ancient-toilets/</loc><lastmod>2020-11-25T23:58:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2020/08/31/the-suffering-servant-of-isaiah-53-4/</loc><lastmod>2024-08-10T02:39:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2020/08/13/the-suffering-servant-of-isaiah-53-3/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://stephencook.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/edward_bendemann_the_mourning_jews_in_babylonianexile_oil_on-canvas_1832.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Edward_Bendemann_The_Mourning_Jews_in_BabylonianExile_oil_on-canvas_1832</image:title><image:caption>Jews Mourning in Babylonian Exile (based on Psalm 137), 1832, Eduard Bendemann. In the public domain.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://stephencook.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/eduard_bendemann-_die_trauernden_juden_im_exil_um_1832.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The mourning jews in exile (Psalm 137), by Eduard Bendemann</image:title><image:caption>Die trauernden Juden im Exil um (The Mourning Jews in Exile), 1832, Eduard Bendemann</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-08-31T23:45:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2020/08/10/the-suffering-servant-of-isaiah-53-2/</loc><lastmod>2020-08-31T23:44:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2020/08/08/the-suffering-servant-of-isaiah-53-1/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://stephencook.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/great_isaiah_scroll_ch53.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Great_Isaiah_Scroll_Ch53</image:title><image:caption>Isaiah 53 in the "Great Isaiah Scroll" from Qumran (Dead Sea scrolls)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-08-31T23:42:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2020/07/22/biblical-art/</loc><lastmod>2020-07-22T04:33:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2020/04/28/the-two-or-three-versions-of-esther/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://stephencook.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/esther_haram.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Queen Esther</image:title><image:caption>Queen Esther. Painting by Edwin Long, 1878. National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne.
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In the public domain.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-06-27T06:30:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2020/06/27/dark-humour-irony-and-satire-in-the-book-of-esther-4/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://stephencook.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/1450px-ester_y_mardoqueo_escribiendo_la_primera_carta_del_purim_ester_9-20-21_-_aert_de_gelder_-_google_cultural_institute.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1450px-Ester_y_Mardoqueo_escribiendo_la_primera_carta_del_Purim_(Ester,_9-20-21)_-_Aert_de_GELDER_-_Google_Cultural_Institute</image:title><image:caption>Esther and Mordecai Writing the First Purim Letter, by Aert de Gelder, c.1685. In the public domain.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-06-27T06:29:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2020/06/12/cannabis-in-the-bible/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://stephencook.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/98.jpg</image:loc><image:title>98</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-06-12T10:13:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2020/06/03/a-statement-on-black-lives-matter-right-to-protest-and-bible-as-prop/</loc><lastmod>2020-06-04T13:16:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2011/11/26/coming-soon/</loc><lastmod>2020-05-05T05:42:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2020/04/24/academic-terms-q/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://stephencook.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/st.-john-depicted-as-a-scribe-from-bodleian-library-ms-auct.-d.-1.17.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>St. John (depicted as a scribe) from Bodleian Library MS Auct. D. 1.17</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-04-24T04:37:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2020/04/22/biblical-scholars-in-quarantine/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://stephencook.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/bib-scholars-in-quarantine.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bib scholars in quarantine</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-04-22T06:36:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2020/04/22/the-deuteronomistic-redactional-layer/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://stephencook.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/dtr-redactional-layers.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Dtr Redactional layers</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://stephencook.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/drt-redactional-layers.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Drt Redactional 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Dei</image:title><image:caption>Agnus Dei (Lamb of God), Zurbarán, Prado Museum, c. 1635–1640</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://stephencook.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/francisco_de_zurbarc3a1n_006.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Francisco_de_Zurbarán_006</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-04-13T07:48:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2020/04/09/who-was-at-the-last-supper/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://stephencook.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/last-supper.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Last-Supper</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-04-10T03:12:38+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2013/06/12/it-is-written-quotations-from-the-old-testament-in-the-new-testament-5/</loc><lastmod>2025-02-01T02:53:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2020/03/30/jonah-samuel-and-satire/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://stephencook.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/unknown.png</image:loc></image:image><lastmod>2020-03-30T03:33:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2019/12/10/the-bible-in-conversation-with-itself/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://stephencook.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/scribe.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>SCRIBE</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-02-15T01:35:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2017/06/06/the-binding-of-isaac-1/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://stephencook.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/sacrifice_of_isaac-caravaggio_uffizi.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Sacrifice of Isaac</image:title><image:caption>Sacrifice of Isaac (Sacrificio d'Isacco) by Caravaggio c. 1598</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-02-15T01:33:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2019/12/11/how-the-bible-was-rewritten/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://stephencook.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/writetorah-1485x900.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Scribe writing a Torah</image:title><image:caption>Scribe finishing writing in a Torah scroll</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-12-10T20:16:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2019/06/07/david-and-narcissistic-personality-disorder/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://stephencook.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/220px-narcissus-caravaggio_1594-96_edited.jpg</image:loc><image:title>220px-Narcissus-Caravaggio_(1594-96)_edited</image:title><image:caption>Narcissus by Caravaggio depicts Narcissus gazing at his own reflection, c. 1594-96</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-07-14T01:11:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2019/07/11/david-and-joab-being-the-friend-of-a-narcissist/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://stephencook.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/bsbr190402200l.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Absalom and Joab</image:title><image:caption>Trapped by his beautiful hair, the rebel Absalom is killed by Joab in this painting by the early 17th-century artist Giovanni Battista Viola from the Louvre.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-03-28T06:39:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2019/06/06/david-and-jonathan/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://stephencook.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/440px-frederic_leighton_1st_baron_leighton_of_stretton_-_jonathane28099s_token_to_david_-_google_art_project.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Frederic_Leighton_Jonathan’s_Token_to_David</image:title><image:caption>Frederic Leighton, Jonathan’s Token to David, c. 1868</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-06-08T01:25:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2019/05/04/theodicy-and-literature-of-catastrophe-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://stephencook.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/francesco_conti_-_death_of_king_josiah.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Francesco_Conti_-_Death_of_King_Josiah</image:title><image:caption>The Death of King Josiah by Francesco Conti</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-05-04T01:03:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2019/05/03/a-digression-theodicy-and-the-literature-of-catastrophe-1/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://stephencook.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/flightoftheprisonersbytissot.jpg</image:loc><image:title>flightoftheprisonersbytissot</image:title><image:caption>James Tissot, The Flight of the Prisoners, 1896–1902</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-05-03T03:37:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2019/05/01/biblical-kings-6-the-problem-of-transgenerational-punishment/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://stephencook.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/prophets-smaller.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Prophets-smaller</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-04-28T00:44:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2019/04/29/biblical-kings-5-the-deuteronomistic-editors/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://stephencook.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/scribe_cattermole.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>The Scribe, George Cattermole, 1800-1868, The Cooper Gallery, UK</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-04-28T00:37:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2019/04/26/biblical-kings-4-the-writer/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://stephencook.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/babylon_jehoiachin_pergamonmuseum.575x0-is-pid22150.jpg</image:loc><image:title>babylon_jehoiachin_pergamonmuseum.575x0-is-pid22150</image:title><image:caption>Akkadian cuneiform tablet in the Pergamon Museum in Berlin, naming Jehoiachin, king of Judah.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-04-25T01:17:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2019/04/22/biblical-kings-good-and-bad-2-jehu/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://stephencook.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/jehu-obelisk-cropped.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Jehu Obelisk</image:title><image:caption>Possible depiction of Jehu King of Israel giving tribute to King Shalmaneser III of Assyria, on the Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III from Nimrud (circa 827 BC) in the British Museum (London).</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-04-20T12:20:42+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2018/12/07/hanukkahs-christian-connections/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://stephencook.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/hanuka-menorah-by-gil-dekel-2014.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Hanuka-Menorah-by-Gil-Dekel-2014</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-12-10T23:09:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2018/08/28/the-sign-of-jonah/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://stephencook.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/jonah-and-the-whale.jpg</image:loc><image:title>jonah-and-the-whale</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-03-07T16:01:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2018/06/13/making-fun-of-foreign-kings-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://stephencook.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/nineveh-james-ferguson.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ninive, Koenigspalast / nach Layard - Nineveh, Assyrian palace / watercolour -</image:title><image:caption>Painting of Nineveh by James Ferguson 1853</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-06-12T07:34:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2018/06/11/making-fun-of-foreign-kings-1/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://stephencook.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/nebuchadnezzar-cameo.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Nebuchadnezzar-cameo</image:title><image:caption>Cameo of Nebuchadnezzar on display in the Florence Museum, dated to 585 BC</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-06-11T03:27:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2018/05/22/does-god-like-handsome-men-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://stephencook.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/king-of-egypt.jpg</image:loc><image:title>King-of-Egypt</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-06-03T06:11:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2018/05/23/biblical-humour-left-handed-men/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://stephencook.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/barack_obama_signs_at_his_desk2_1024.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Barack_Obama_signs_at_his_desk2_1024</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-05-18T04:44:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2017/09/26/the-ezrahite-psalms-88-89/</loc><lastmod>2017-09-29T04:35:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2017/06/21/sbl-international-meeting-in-berlin/</loc><lastmod>2017-06-21T07:14:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2017/06/07/the-binding-of-isaac-2/</loc><lastmod>2017-06-08T01:35:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2017/06/06/im-still-here/</loc><lastmod>2017-06-06T08:21:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2015/10/13/titles-of-psalms/</loc><lastmod>2015-10-13T00:14:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2015/10/13/titles-of-psalms-postscript-2/</loc><lastmod>2015-10-12T22:24:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2015/10/11/titles-of-psalms-4/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://stephencook.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/psalms-scroll.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Psalms scroll</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-10-12T22:22:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2015/10/13/titles-of-psalms-postscript-1/</loc><lastmod>2015-10-12T22:21:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2015/10/13/titles-of-psalms-6/</loc><lastmod>2015-10-12T22:21:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2015/10/12/titles-of-psalms-5/</loc><lastmod>2015-10-12T22:20:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2015/10/10/titles-of-psalms-3/</loc><lastmod>2015-10-12T22:20:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2015/10/09/titles-of-psalms-2/</loc><lastmod>2015-10-12T22:19:42+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2015/10/09/titles-of-psalms-1/</loc><lastmod>2015-10-12T22:19:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2014/05/01/pilate-and-the-body-of-jesus/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://stephencook.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/jesus-and-joseph-of-arimathea.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Jesus and Joseph of Arimathea</image:title><image:caption>Jesus being prepared for burial by Joseph of Arimathea</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-10-10T22:34:05+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2014/05/01/the-barabbas-connection/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://stephencook.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/pilate-asks-israel-jesus-or-barabbas-11.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Barabbas or Jesus?</image:title><image:caption>Barabbas or Jesus?</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-11-28T00:42:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2014/05/01/what-happened-to-the-body-of-jesus/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://stephencook.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/3901663262.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The remains of the last Hasmonean King?</image:title><image:caption>The remains of the last Hasmonean King?</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://stephencook.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/antonio_ciseri_-_il_trasporto_di_cristo_al_sepolcro.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Antonio Ciseri: Il trasporto di Cristo al sepolcro (The transport of Christ to the sepulcher)</image:title><image:caption>Antonio Ciseri: Il trasporto di Cristo al sepolcro (The transport of Christ to the sepulcher)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-05-01T01:13:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2014/04/04/elohim-in-the-assembly-of-elohim-psalm-82/</loc><lastmod>2014-04-04T06:33:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2014/04/04/husband-or-master/</loc><lastmod>2014-04-04T02:42:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2014/01/02/jesus-on-hell-1/</loc><lastmod>2014-01-02T06:16:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2013/12/30/the-patience-of-job/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://stephencook.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/seghers-job.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The patient job</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-12-30T10:40:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2013/12/04/weeping-and-gnashing-of-teeth/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://stephencook.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dieric_bouts_-_hell_-_wga02967.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Hell</image:title><image:caption>Dieric Bouts (circa 1420-1475)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-12-08T07:04:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2013/09/20/in-praise-of-the-storm-god-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://stephencook.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/baal_storm_god_stela.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Baal the storm god</image:title><image:caption>Stela depicting Baal the storm god</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-09-20T02:11:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2013/09/20/in-praise-of-the-storm-god-1/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://stephencook.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/storm.jpg</image:loc><image:title>storm</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-09-19T13:18:42+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2013/08/23/gods-wives-3/</loc><lastmod>2013-08-23T10:07:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2013/08/23/gods-wives-2/</loc><lastmod>2013-08-23T09:16:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2013/08/11/jesus-use-of-humour/</loc><lastmod>2024-02-22T12:23:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2013/07/25/a-man-after-gods-heart/</loc><lastmod>2013-07-25T12:57:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2013/07/09/is-hebrews-16-quoting-deuteronomy-3243-or-psalm-977/</loc><lastmod>2013-07-09T11:53:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2013/02/18/it-is-written-quotations-from-the-old-testament-in-the-new-testament-1/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://stephencook.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/pale-hebrew1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Paleo-Hebrew</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://stephencook.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/pale-hebrew.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Paleo-Hebrew</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://stephencook.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/septuagint-manuscript.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Septuagint manuscript</image:title><image:caption>Septuagint manuscript from The Schoyen Collection (#2649) containing a portion of Leviticus from second century Egypt - one of the oldest surviving manuscripts of this part of the Bible.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-07-09T07:43:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2013/02/26/it-is-written-quotations-from-the-old-testament-in-the-new-testament-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://stephencook.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/4q175.jpg</image:loc><image:title>4Q175</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://stephencook.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/paul-writing.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Paul writing</image:title><image:caption>(Probably) Valentin de Boulogne (ca 1594-1632), Saint Paul Writing His Epistles (c. 1618-20)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-07-09T07:41:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2013/06/05/it-is-written-quotations-from-the-old-testament-in-the-new-testament-4/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://stephencook.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/jeremiah_lamenting.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Jeremiah lamenting the destruction of Jerusalem.</image:title><image:caption>Jeremiah lamenting the destruction of Jerusalem. Rembrandt (1630)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-07-09T07:35:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2013/05/31/worlds-oldest-torah-scroll/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://stephencook.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/bologna-torah-scroll.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bologna Torah scroll</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-05-30T23:46:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2013/02/13/david-a-man-after-gods-heart-2/</loc><lastmod>2013-02-24T23:27:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2013/02/24/jonah-lecture/</loc><lastmod>2013-02-26T12:11:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2012/03/30/jonah-parody-of-a-prophet/</loc><lastmod>2013-02-19T07:16:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2012/04/12/paleo-hebrew-inscription-of-jonah-and-the-fish/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://stephencook.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/close-up-of-jonah-inscription.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Jonah stick figure inscription</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-02-19T07:16:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2012/04/06/jonah-parody-of-a-prophet-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://stephencook.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/jonah_catacomb.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Jonah - art from the catacombs</image:title><image:caption>The prophet Jonah being thrown into the sea, from the catacomb of Priscilla.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-02-19T07:15:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2012/04/06/jonah-parody-of-a-prophet-3/</loc><lastmod>2015-02-02T16:48:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2012/06/17/jonah-parody-of-a-prophet-4-10/</loc><lastmod>2013-02-19T07:15:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2012/06/17/jonah-parody-of-a-prophet-5/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://stephencook.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/jonah2.gif</image:loc><image:title>Jonah</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-01-02T02:07:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2012/06/17/jonah-parody-of-a-prophet-6/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://stephencook.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/sistine_jonah.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Michelangelo's Jonah</image:title><image:caption>The Prophet Jonah, as depicted by Michelangelo in the Sistine Chapel</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-08-26T15:57:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2013/02/11/was-david-a-man-after-gods-own-heart/</loc><lastmod>2021-02-13T22:24:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2013/02/16/david-a-benchmark-for-kings/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://stephencook.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/king-david.jpg</image:loc><image:title>King David</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-02-16T06:52:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/contact-me/</loc><lastmod>2013-02-13T23:17:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2013/01/22/answers-from-job/</loc><lastmod>2013-01-22T06:34:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2012/11/21/you-believe-in-one-god-good-so-do-the-other-gods/</loc><lastmod>2013-06-18T08:57:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2012/11/07/the-dead-sea-scrolls-and-the-canon-of-scripture/</loc><lastmod>2012-11-07T00:17:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2012/10/24/angels-and-princes-in-daniel-10/</loc><lastmod>2012-10-29T11:28:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2012/10/28/the-lamb-of-god/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://stephencook.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/agnus-dei.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Agnus Dei</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2012-10-29T11:16:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2012/02/09/the-role-of-elihu-2-why-is-it-so-hard-to-see-the-difference-between-truth-and-error/</loc><lastmod>2016-10-01T11:49:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2012/02/17/to-speak-well-of-god-2/</loc><lastmod>2012-02-22T06:58:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2012/01/03/to-speak-well-of-god/</loc><lastmod>2012-02-17T04:20:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2012/02/09/the-role-of-elihu-1/</loc><lastmod>2015-07-30T23:36:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2012/01/09/satan-in-the-new-testament-3-the-devil-and-his-angels/</loc><lastmod>2013-08-10T13:58:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://stephencook.com.au/2012/01/08/i-know-that-my-redeemer-lives/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://stephencook.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/messiah-oratorio1.png</image:loc><image:title>Messiah oratorio</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://stephencook.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/messiah-oratorio.png</image:loc><image:title>Messiah 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