Tag: literature
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Help with Annotation
Originally published August 12, 2016. It seemed timely once again, alas. Context is everything. “I need your help with annotation.” “What do you have to annotate?” “English.” “What’s the assignment?” “Just to take notes. On Beowulf.”
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Studying 2 Samuel 12 1-9, 13-15
Who will hold the ruler of a country to account, for runaway abuse and violence? In 2 Samuel 12:1-9 and 13-15, the text we are studying for Sunday, February 6, the answer seems to be God, through the agency of the prophet Nathan. This is the story of the aftermath of David’s adulterous affair with […]
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On Reading Revelation “Literally”
Reading Revelation seemed to bring up many more questions or difficulties than usual in our class. These questions seemed to revolve around the problem of “how exactly are we supposed to read this,” which flows into “how exactly are we supposed to read the Bible”? We usually, it seems, assume we’re on the same wavelength […]
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Exegetical Exercise (Acts 8 26-40)
The Uniform Series text for Sunday, August 13 is Acts 8:26-40. These are my notes on the text: This is an amazing text from a literary point of view; and there are a lot of ideas packed into this text-as-literature. Similar and Related Texts: The gospel accounts of the work of John and Baptist and […]
Matters of Interpretation 