There is so much in scriptures from any perspective, spiritual or not.
I have only done a superficial job of taking the time to read
scripture commentaries and usually focused on the New Testament. That
book looks like a great way to learn more context.
"He has some
> wonderful insights into the stories and has a knack
> for finding nuggets of biblical humor that were
> clearly *intended* to be funny in the original, but
> that most translations and serious-minded interpretations
> obscure.
Nice find. The same is true of many old blues lyrics which sound
horrible today, but used to make people laugh in the barrelhouses.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues"
> <curtisdeltablues@> wrote:
> >
> > Blogging the Bible
> > What happens when an ignoramus reads the Good Book?
> >
> > This guy is great! Judy, in particular, should not miss this. He
> > takes the Old Testament and looks at it from a modern, but
> > sympathetic, perspective. Someone should do this with the Vedic
> > literature.
>
> Actually I read the first couple of installments and
> thoroughly enjoyed them, a nice fresh look unencumbered
> by any scholarship. I hope once he's done he'll read
> some good commentaries as well to expand his understanding
> a bit, though.
>
> I've been working my way slowly through Robert Alter's
> Tanach (first five books of the Hebrew Scriptures)
> translation and commentary, which is incredibly
> detailed, more commentary than Scripture. He has some
> wonderful insights into the stories and has a knack
> for finding nuggets of biblical humor that were
> clearly *intended* to be funny in the original, but
> that most translations and serious-minded interpretations
> obscure.
>
>
>
> >
> > http://www.slate.com/id/2141050/
> >
>
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