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Category Archives: Literature
Chesterton and Macdonald
I’m not sure I would have liked Chesterton, the person. But I sure do like his writing. I found this little piece he wrote about George Macdonald. Now George is someone I truly believe would be great to pal around … Continue reading
Posted in G.K. Chesterton, George Macdonald, Literature, Religion Blog
Tagged Carlyle, Chesterton, Macdonald
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The Bible through literary eyes
I remember a joke that my recently retired colleague Jacob Needleman once said about a cutting edge new course that was being developed: “The Bible as Religious Text”! Well, here’s the opposite. A very nice presentation by Robert Alter (UC … Continue reading
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The inner lives of biblical characters
The old joke goes that a new course was being offered in a university religion department: “The Bible of Religious Document”. A “new” course because of the more typical “Bible as literature” classes. James Wood thinks biblical characters lack inner … Continue reading