While reading background material for these Old Testament books, I’ve noticed that the Prophets all have what the fashion mavens currently thronging New York would probably call “a look”. There’s a standard-issue beard for these guys. Naturally, we don’t have photographs of the Prophets. So it’s possible that the samey-ness of the beards is a [...]
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Beards of the Prophets
Posted in Free Association, Isaiah, Light Reading, Moses, Pop Culture Echoes, Prophets and Prophecy, Silliness, tagged beards of the prophets, prophets beards, Silliness on September 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Exodus: God’s Purchasing Order
Posted in Christian Literature, Early/Pre-Christian Lit, Exodus, Hebrew Literature, Moses, Scripture or Spiritual Writing, The Bible, The Pentateuch, The Torah on August 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Part of the reason I had such trouble with Exodus is evident once you get to chapter 25. Prior to that, it is this enormous human drama: freedom from slavery, the wrath of God, the doubt and determination of his chosen Prophet, and the birth of a nation that endures to the present day. Then [...]
Exodus: Why Moses?
Posted in Christian Literature, Early/Pre-Christian Lit, Exodus, Hebrew Literature, Moses, Prophets and Prophecy, Scripture or Spiritual Writing, The Bible, The Pentateuch, The Torah, Uncategorized on August 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I realize that the tools I am equipped with for evaluating a text are woefully lacking. The things they taught me about character analysis in AP English and in my screenwriting courses during college assume certain things about why people tell stories and what an author is “trying to say” through a character that don’t [...]
