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Very Like A Whale
Posted by: Ros on: August 24, 2009
How have I only just come across this gem from Ogden Nash? It totally sums up the attitude of most biblical scholars and preachers I know. A passing acquaintance with Byron’s The Destruction of Sennacherib will help. Very Like a Whale One thing that literature would be greatly the better for Would be a more [...]
Why is a raven like a writing desk?
Posted by: Ros on: November 24, 2007
- In: metaphor | old testament
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It’s always a bad sign when I’m writing a paper and not blogging about it. Probably that means I haven’t had any thoughts worth sharing. Hmm. So, what I’m trying to do is outline a possible metaphorical approach to OT theology. I took the course on OT theology hoping that by the end of the [...]
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