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February 8th, 2013 by Joel

Blogging my Book – Oh, Tom now… come on… it’s all about reception

I need to stay away from any reviews or comments about my book for a considerable out of time.

Oh, wait? My book, Mimetic Criticism and the Gospel of Mark, is on sale now.

But, Tom messaged this morning with a suggestion that I mistake the intention and tenor of his co-edited, along side noted scholars Thomas Thompson, book, Is this Not the Carpenter? He suggests that I have labeled his book a mythicist book.

Not really, but it does contain certain mythicist elements.

A few things here. First, I tried to put in various people, friends, and their works. That’s how I roll.

Second, I don’t think I implied that it is a fully mythicist book – I mean, Jim has an essay in there and he is not nuts.

Third, Tom, dude, it’s all about reception. You know, post-structuralism and all.

There are tons, maybe just pounds, of different left-overs in the book. Such as Dr. Who, a serious shout out to Dr. James McGrath, which judging by his endorsement, he got.

Anyway…

I’m going to stay away from reviews for a bit. For a few reasons, but mainly because I get my feelings hurt real easy like and I don’t want to cry.

Also, as much grief as I give Tom, we talk a good deal on the phone and have a lot of shared interests. It’s like Rodney and I. He is clearly a nut, but God bless ‘em, he’s okay.

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Blogging my book: The Style of “Mimetic Criticism and the Gospel of Mark” (unsettledchristianity.com)
Blogging My Book: Correcting the “First Pages” – Longer or shorter monographs? (unsettledchristianity.com)
Does an internel pattern (Chiasm) indicate unity? (Book of Daniel) (unsettledchristianity.com)
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(You can) NOW ORDER MY BOOK ON MARK (unsettledchristianity.com)

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Joel L. Watts holds a Masters of Arts from United Theological Seminary with a focus in literary and rhetorical criticism of the New Testament. 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 discoveries of the past century. He is the author of Mimetic Criticism of the Gospel of Mark: Introduction and Commentary (Wipf and Stock, 2013) and a co-editor and contributor to From Fear to Faith: Stories of Hitting Spiritual Walls (Energion, 2013).

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