Starting here, Mitchell decides to start blogging though the Deuterocanonicals. He has two posts so far on the 1st and 2nd chapter of Tobit.
Tobit is interesting, especially the last chapter or so…
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Joel Landon Watts is a Masters of Theological Studies student with a focus in Mimetic Criticism of the Gospel of Mark. His interests include exploring the role of mimesis in human civilization, specifically in the study of religion and media, as well as science fiction and the way in which it has allowed mythology to be explored in light of scientific ideals of the past century. Currently, he is a TA for Old Testament at United Theological Seminary under Dr. Vivian Johnson, Associate Professor of Old Testament. His first book, Rhetorical Strategies of the Evangelist: Mimetic Criticism of the Gospel of Mark, is expected to be published by Wipf and Stock early next year. He is currently co-editing a book on moving from Fear to Faith (Energion, 2013).
Thanks for the link, Joel. It should be fun (plus, it’ll distract my blog a bit from its political angle, so I’ll probably be writing a bit more that we can agree on). I eagerly await reaching the last chapter. I’ve also been amazed, so far, with how thoroughly biblical the tone of Tobit is.
Thanks for the link, Joel. It should be fun (plus, it’ll distract my blog a bit from its political angle, so I’ll probably be writing a bit more that we can agree on). I eagerly await reaching the last chapter. I’ve also been amazed, so far, with how thoroughly biblical the tone of Tobit is.
By the way, you’re CAPTCHA protection is evidently weak enough that when I’m signing in to your blog now, my computer is suggesting correctly about half the time what I should type.
By the way, you’re CAPTCHA protection is evidently weak enough that when I’m signing in to your blog now, my computer is suggesting correctly about half the time what I should type.
@Mitchell Powell Well, you have me rereading Tobit myself, Mitchell. The first chapter, so far, is very interesting – reading it in the REB. I hope that others can join in on the conversation.
And yes, I suspect that we can agree here more than we can on politics, which is why I try to get such things to a minimum.
I am thinking of going to Discus, but we’ll see.
BTW, Tobit has two different MSS, which is covered in the NETS. Not sure how different they are, yet.
@Mitchell Powell Well, you have me rereading Tobit myself, Mitchell. The first chapter, so far, is very interesting – reading it in the REB. I hope that others can join in on the conversation.
And yes, I suspect that we can agree here more than we can on politics, which is why I try to get such things to a minimum.
I am thinking of going to Discus, but we’ll see.
BTW, Tobit has two different MSS, which is covered in the NETS. Not sure how different they are, yet.
Oh, my. I’ll have to make a look at the two MS traditions of Tobit. No doubt, though, that the KJV’s readings are the real inspired Tobit . . .
hahah. No doubt. You can find the NETS online, here:
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/nets/edition/
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/nets/edition/19-tobit-nets.pdf
Oh, my. I’ll have to make a look at the two MS traditions of Tobit. No doubt, though, that the KJV’s readings are the real inspired Tobit . . .
hahah. No doubt. You can find the NETS online, here:
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/nets/edition/
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/nets/edition/19-tobit-nets.pdf
I’ll put up a link to that second one for people who want to look more deeply into text-critical issues. I think I’ll mostly avoid discussing text differences except to just bring them up when they affect the story. Thanks.
You and me both. I don’t mind text-crit issues for the NT, but the DC books are out of my leagues – unless, of course, I need to stress them like I do with Sirach.
I’ll put up a link to that second one for people who want to look more deeply into text-critical issues. I think I’ll mostly avoid discussing text differences except to just bring them up when they affect the story. Thanks.
You and me both. I don’t mind text-crit issues for the NT, but the DC books are out of my leagues – unless, of course, I need to stress them like I do with Sirach.