Book Report: The Misunderstood Jew
In Which Your Humble Blogger violates his Code of Ethics! But no spoilers. Well, the main character dies.
Category: Scripture
Again with the exceptionalism
There’s a bit of a fuss, today, in Left Blogovia about Ann Coulter saying what seem to me to be perfectly straightforward things about her theological beliefs. She is a religious exceptionalist; she believes that things would be much better…
Nobody loves the Song of Songs
Some in Left Blogovia have taken exception to an egregiously inappropriate question Mr. Russert asked the candidates assembled: RUSSERT: Before we go, there’s been a lot of discussion about the Democrats and the issue of faith and values. I want…
a Talent for rhetoric, at today’s prices
I haven’t finished reading Gordon Brown’s conference speech—for those unfamiliar with the current structures of British politics, this is somewhat akin to our Presidential candidates acceptance speeches at their party conventions, except it isn’t necessarily connected with an upcoming election,…
cast all their sins into the depths of the sea
It’s Rosh Hashanah time, Gentle Readers, which is the New Year of the Jewish Calendar, a time of reflection, meditation and resolution, or as the liturgy states, a time of prayer, return to the proper path, and charity. Y’all know…
SoS: Chapter Five, verses eight-sixteen
Song of Songs, Chapter Five, verse eight: I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I [am] sick of love. If you remember, Gentle Reader, we left our Babe wandering the…
SoS: Chapter Five, verses one-seven
Song of Songs, Chapter Five, verse one: I am come into my garden, my sister, [my] spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my…
Song of Songs: Chapter Four, verses twelve-sixteen
Song of Songs, Chapter Four, verse twelve: A garden inclosed [is] my sister, [my] spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed. This is continuing from the last bit, where the Guy is talking about his Sweetie. In the last…
Song of Songs: Chapter Four, verses six-eleven
Song of Songs, Chapter Four, verse six: Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense. Er. I’ll point out that while myrrh is generally…
Song of Songs: Chapter Four, verses one-five
Song of Songs, Chapter Four, verse one: Behold, thou [art] fair, my love; behold, thou [art] fair; thou [hast] doves’ eyes within thy locks: thy hair [is] as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead. This is,…