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Tag Archives: literature
Literature for Ethics and Theology
“Literature is important for ethics because literature is as complicated as life itself, and cannot be decoded or boiled down. Ethical insight comes from reading it–first sequentially and then reflectively–not from trying to extract a ‘message’ from it.”* This is … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Interpretation, Literary Reading, Theology
Tagged ethics, literary interpretation, literature, story
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The Beauty of the Bible
The more I study the Scriptures, the more I am overwhelmed by the beauty of the Scriptures…and by the God who has inspired writers in their own day and culture to write with beauty. The deeper I dig, the more … Continue reading
Posted in Literary Reading
Tagged analysis characterization, Arts, Bible, bible as literature, God, Hebrew Poetry, leland ryken, Literary, literature, scripture
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When the Bible Comes Alive
The first assignment of the semester for my Former Prophets class was to read Joshua, Judges, 1-2 Samuel, and 1-2 Kings in two different translations and give me several pages of questions, comments, and insights about the texts. They could … Continue reading
Posted in Former Prophets, preaching, translation
Tagged Bible, Joshuah, Judges, Kings, literature, Preaching, Samuel, Teaching, translations
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On Hebrew Poetry
For those who have spent any time studying Biblical Hebrew (BH) it becomes readily apparent that while BH prose is fairly simple to translate (as far as translation of other languages go), BH poetry is another matter altogether. The often … Continue reading