tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27798951.post115700299526350928..comments2012-05-07T11:10:56.435+10:00Comments on Divrei ben Abuya: The Appeal of The Lord of the RingsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27798951.post-1157163658991084712006-09-02T12:20:00.000+10:002006-09-02T12:20:00.000+10:00Thanks, Jen!!That's really nice of you (*grins*)Thanks, Jen!!<BR/>That's really nice of you (*grins*)SFHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09549983078343070107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27798951.post-1157120388849953372006-09-02T00:19:00.000+10:002006-09-02T00:19:00.000+10:00On a purely unrelated note, I'm completely envious...On a purely unrelated note, I'm completely envious of your ability to write well-thought-out, long and interesting essays. I always feel like I'm struggling to write in an engaging fashion and yet you seem to do it effortlessly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27798951.post-1157075822315283542006-09-01T11:57:00.000+10:002006-09-01T11:57:00.000+10:00Well... I just hope they don't fight over the kids...Well... I just hope they don't fight over the kids.Billie Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05440470967397318818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27798951.post-1157026932988570812006-08-31T22:22:00.000+10:002006-08-31T22:22:00.000+10:00There is a great difference between the history of...There is a great difference between the history of a text and the history in a text. Textual criticism demands a diachronic appraisal of the Biblical literature, but it should abandon its concern with the historicity of the individual stories.<BR/><BR/>Ronald Hendel of Berkely University puts it very succinctly in the latest edition of "Biblical Archaeology Review" (Jul/Aug, p.20). He observes that<BR/><BR/>"most Biblical scholars do not seek training [any more] as archaeologists and most Levantine archaeologists... do not seek training as Biblical scholars... To give a pertinent example, the Society of Biblical Literature and the American Schools of Oriental Research... now hold separate meetings, after decades of meeting together. Biblical studies and archaeology have had a divorce."SFHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09549983078343070107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27798951.post-1157024335574164812006-08-31T21:38:00.000+10:002006-08-31T21:38:00.000+10:00Interesting. This makes me think of CJ Cherryh, a ...Interesting. This makes me think of CJ Cherryh, a SF/fantasy writer who does just the opposite: she throws you in the deep end and lets you work everything out yourself. I think she's brilliant but her appeal is much narrower.<BR/><BR/>Regarding archaeology and the Torah, isn't it a little hard to separate the two, when the Torah (or at least versions of it, like the Dead Sea Scrolls) are historic artefacts?Billie Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05440470967397318818noreply@blogger.com