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Katie Kilwine - Bible as Lit: "Surely there is a vein for silver"
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Katie Kilwine - Bible as Lit. Tuesday, September 21, 2010. Surely there is a vein for silver". Surely there is a vein for silver, and a place for gold where they fine it." - Job 28 (pg 656). Polysemics: different ways to read, different level to approach a text. Ex: descriptive - rhetorical - poetic/metaphorical - chromatic. Simple) (language uses) (The Bible). Loss/regaining of identity and the respondable narrative shape(upside down U) = the center of The Bible. P writer, as a rule book. For we are but...
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Katie Kilwine - Bible as Lit: "For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing"
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Katie Kilwine - Bible as Lit. Tuesday, September 28, 2010. For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing". For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow." Job 8, pg 635. Identity comes from: being exiled (displacement and remembrance). Survival, on the run, 'portable religion'. An exaggeration (ex: accounts in Egypt). Judiasm: still waiting for the Messiah. Abraham, sacrifice of Isaac. Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh" (testify, testimony). Travel templa...
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Katie Kilwine - Bible as Lit: December 2010
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Katie Kilwine - Bible as Lit. Tuesday, December 14, 2010. Northrop Frye's Furnace within Greek Mythology and the "Metamorphoses". Northrop Frye, a literary critic and theorist wrote a very involved book concerning The Bible. Words With Power: Being a Second Study of 'The Bible and Literature" in which one of the main discussions dealt with demonstrating four central and unifying themes and images: that of the Mountain, Garden, Cave and Furnace. Frye applied these four images to passages within The Bible.
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Katie Kilwine - Bible as Lit: "and upon every high tower"
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Katie Kilwine - Bible as Lit. Tuesday, September 28, 2010. And upon every high tower". And upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall" - Isaiah 2, pg 888. It is hard to live accodingly to the rules of The Bible, there are many conflits. A J Jacobs The Year of Living Biblically. Is a personal account, also the infamous 'letter to Dr. Laura'. Find humor in The Bible. Reinforces the "U" shape theme, claims it will end "on an up note" with the New Jerusalem. Start at the bottom, gain and lose. Argumen...
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Katie Kilwine - Bible as Lit: Final Paper Post
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Katie Kilwine - Bible as Lit. Tuesday, December 14, 2010. Northrop Frye's Furnace within Greek Mythology and the "Metamorphoses". Northrop Frye, a literary critic and theorist wrote a very involved book concerning The Bible. Words With Power: Being a Second Study of 'The Bible and Literature" in which one of the main discussions dealt with demonstrating four central and unifying themes and images: that of the Mountain, Garden, Cave and Furnace. Frye applied these four images to passages within The Bible.
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Katie Kilwine - Bible as Lit: September 2010
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Katie Kilwine - Bible as Lit. Tuesday, September 28, 2010. For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing". For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow." Job 8, pg 635. Identity comes from: being exiled (displacement and remembrance). Survival, on the run, 'portable religion'. An exaggeration (ex: accounts in Egypt). Judiasm: still waiting for the Messiah. Abraham, sacrifice of Isaac. Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh" (testify, testimony). The Bible = a...
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Katie Kilwine - Bible as Lit: 9/15 Class Notes
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Katie Kilwine - Bible as Lit. Tuesday, September 14, 2010. Deals with Themes of:. Ascent ex: mountain, Jacob's Ladder. Descent ex: cave, furnace and other " Chthonic Demisions. Every novel we read has biblical references and/or foundations, direct or indirect. Ex: Invisible Man, Absolom Absolom! Grapes of Wrath, East of Eden, Sun Also Rises, Jane Eyre, The Infinity of Lists. The Priestly writers are best read outloud and with rhythm. We must know these names:. Am I my brother's keeper? Noah and the Flood.
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Katie Kilwine - Bible as Lit: "I will sing of mercy and judgement"
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Katie Kilwine - Bible as Lit. Tuesday, September 21, 2010. I will sing of mercy and judgement". I will sing of mercy and judgement" - Psalm 101. A psalm of David (pg 769). People of The Bible are human; imperfect and flawed. The J writer often brings this out. See Oranda's blog "The Cursed, Cursed Book of Numbers" http:/ bibleasliteraturemsu2010.blogspot.com/. The P writer is all about saying your prayers, acting ritualistic and proper ex: Jane Eyre's school teacher. The E writers "great moment". Old Pap...
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Katie Kilwine - Bible as Lit: 9/9 Class Notes
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Katie Kilwine - Bible as Lit. Thursday, September 9, 2010. Christian Bible consists of: 1. Old Testament. 3 New Testament (more of a 'response' to the Old Testament). Hewbrew Scriptures: 1. The Law (Tora, 1st Five books of Moses, Pentatude). Gospels ex: Mathew, Mark, Luke, John - "bless the bed I lie on". John is more philosophical. Textual Documents - little literary value but still extremely significant in terms of history. David M. Levy, Scrolling Forward. Oral Tradition vs Written Word. G1: Priestly ...