Sidebar: “An Evening Thought”

Sidebar: "An Evening Thought"
Chiyuma Elliott and Chad Hegelmeyer

Season 1, Episode 2.1

In this sidebar episode, Chad tells Chi about his close reading of Jupiter Hammon’s first published poem, “An Evening Thought: Salvation by Christ Alone” and what it has to do with the name of a gate in the second Jewish Temple.

Sources and references:

The Collected Works of Jupiter Hammon, ed. Cedric May

Acts Chapter 3

Acts Chapter 4

Strong’s definition of ὡραῖος

2 Corinthians 6:2

“Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling” is from Philippians 2:12

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