reading the bible

Poetic allegiance from rosclarke 912 days old

I'm not sure I've ever read Alter's chapter on the Psalms before today. Anyway, it turns out to be as perceptive and thoughtful as all his other reflection ...

Scholarly eavesdropping from rosclarke 954 days old

Here's a thought I had a few weeks ago when Dr Poythress was talking about meaning. If the Bible is God's way of communicating to his people, should ...

Slow reading from rosclarke 956 days old

A number of bloggers have posted recently about speed reading and various techniques which may help those of us who still have 60-something books on ...

A sane voice... from rosclarke 1019 days old

in the wilderness of comparative studies. John Walton quotes this from Francis Andersen: Two extremes should be avoided. Nothing is gained by contending ...

Structure and movement from rosclarke 1034 days old

Here's a thought I've not had before. We tend to think of texts as static wholes to be comprehended all at once. But actually, by virtue of the fact ...

Job and poetry from rosclarke 1034 days old

Something I've thought for a while about the wisdom books in particular is that the form of these books mirrors, matches and enhances their content. ...

The structure of the Psalter from rosclarke 1036 days old

It's possible that not all of my readers are familiar with the very helpful work that's been done in recent years on the structure of the Psalter. It ...

Dialogue and narrative from rosclarke 1036 days old

Here's an observation I hadn't noticed before. As a rule, when a narrative event in the Bible seems important, the writer will render it mainly through ...

Ceci n'est pas une pipe from rosclarke 1036 days old

Well, obviously this isn't a pipe, it's a blogpost. But Magritte's famous painting makes an important point about distinguishing representation from ...