tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881054.comments2024-03-06T09:59:45.522-06:00Happy Catholic*Julie D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08384291674560438678noreply@blogger.comBlogger6240125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881054.post-51268376514821831962024-03-05T13:46:24.267-06:002024-03-05T13:46:24.267-06:00This is a great interpretation and analysis for bi...This is a great interpretation and analysis for bible study! When God has given you a blessing and a covenant , you ought to be very careful with it.BenoniLee777https://www.blogger.com/profile/12935649290234121498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881054.post-49412008851577904972024-03-04T12:45:52.013-06:002024-03-04T12:45:52.013-06:00Thanks! Both for the alert and the compliment! :-)...Thanks! Both for the alert and the compliment! :-)Julie D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08384291674560438678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881054.post-54302328033829216072024-02-28T17:24:28.028-06:002024-02-28T17:24:28.028-06:00MTA (minor typo alert) in the quote. Like your blo...MTA (minor typo alert) in the quote. Like your blog a lot. Jim McCulloughAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881054.post-82251891140245294362024-01-19T11:51:46.739-06:002024-01-19T11:51:46.739-06:00Thank you for the heads up! I love commentaries on...Thank you for the heads up! I love commentaries on Dante almost as much as finding new ones about the Bible. You always learn something new. And in my case, I've got so much to learn about the Commedia! I especially appreciate anything titled "Avoiding the Inferno!" :-DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881054.post-9617845453064832822024-01-19T06:45:17.144-06:002024-01-19T06:45:17.144-06:00If you’re going to reread Dante, I highly recommen...If you’re going to reread Dante, I highly recommend three books from Fr. Paul Pearson called Spiritual Direction from Dante (Avoiding the Inferno, Ascending Mount Purgatory, and Yearning for Paradise). A great companion guide to the Commedia!Donna Pointkouskihttp://pastprologue.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881054.post-51061710083445462512024-01-18T10:05:12.123-06:002024-01-18T10:05:12.123-06:00Hi Maurizio - if you read the Alter quote carefull...Hi Maurizio - if you read the Alter quote carefully, you will see that "desert" is not being associated with the use in the first chapter of Genesis. It is merely an example of how it is used in some other contexts.<br /><br />I will mention here that, although Genesis is NOT about science, now that we have further context of our own taken from science, we may consider the Big Bang theory which is now widely considered to be the best available explanation. It was developed by a Catholic priest, by the way. So we may think about the material generated by the Big Bang. That indeed may be the "welter and waste" which is poetically and imaginatively referred to. Which then leads us to the question of where the Big Bang and all its materials came from. The Catholic answer is that it was generated and created by God. So we are back to nothing before the welter and waste. <br /><br />Also, I want to mention AGAIN "that the writers of Genesis retold the creation stories of other nations, correcting them to present the right view of God." Just as we tell and retell history and stories, looking at them from our own point of view, this is what the ancient Hebrews did with the other cultures' origin stories. And, just as those other cultures' stories were oral for a long time before they were written down, so were the Genesis stories. There was Creation, Nephilim, Noah and the Flood. It just wasn't written down yet. <br /><br />Please do go read the <a href="https://happycatholic.blogspot.com/2016/04/a-hymn-of-creation.html" rel="nofollow">previous post</a> to this one which also talks about other cultures and the Genesis story.Julie D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08384291674560438678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881054.post-83526534683452817072024-01-18T07:43:16.086-06:002024-01-18T07:43:16.086-06:00Interesting. You may know that the "desert&qu...Interesting. You may know that the "desert" in the Scriptures, OT and NT alike, do not mean "sand dunes" like we see in the Sahara, but "wasteland" or "empty, uninhabited and uncultivated land". This is evident to anyone who's been to the Holy Land. So, the "chaos in the void below" matches the description of "a vast, unpopulated, uncultivated wasteland"; quite the opposite of "nothing". <br />Last, the Sumerian lore of Creation predates and written form of Genesis by quite a few thousand years; indeed, there was no Creation, no Nephilim, no Noah and the Flood in "Genesis" before the Assyrian and Babylonian captivities.Maurizio Pescatorinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881054.post-91957796084216180892024-01-17T17:46:44.101-06:002024-01-17T17:46:44.101-06:00I was quoting Alter above and got my quotation mar...I was quoting Alter above and got my quotation marks confused — but you can see where his comments take over.Julie D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08384291674560438678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881054.post-79047611530379441742024-01-17T17:45:52.576-06:002024-01-17T17:45:52.576-06:00Yes indeed about the shaping of the stories — but ...Yes indeed about the shaping of the stories — but I think you are not giving enough weight to this bit of my post: "We just considered the fact that the writers of Genesis retold the creation stories of other nations, correcting them to present the right view of God." In the correcting, they are telling the fuller truth of God's actions.<br /><br />Robert Alter in his masterful translation calls it "welter and waste" and says that the Hebrew "tohu wabohu" occurs only here and in two later biblical texts that are clearly alluding to this one. The second word of the pair looks like a nonce term coined to rhyme with the first and to reinforce it, an effect I tried to approximate in English by alliteration. 'Tohu' by itself means 'emptiness' or 'futility,' and in some contexts is associated with the trackless vacancy of the desert."<br /><br />In the context of the entry above "tohu" and emptiness can also mean "nothing."Julie D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08384291674560438678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881054.post-64104704313155562092024-01-17T17:34:23.353-06:002024-01-17T17:34:23.353-06:00God did not create out of nothing. "Creation&...God did not create out of nothing. "Creation" is a Greek principle, which the Hebrews did not have. In Hebrew,vthe word for "created" is *barà* which means "gave shape" as when you work clay; you work clay, but you did not create it. If you read carefully, there was chaos in the abyss, meaning "things were in a chaotic disarray". So they existed.<br />The authors of Genesis did not witness creation, they shaped the Sumerian-Akkaduc-Assyrian-Babylonian story to fit the requirements of *their* priestly class.<br />It's all there, it's written.lambdavihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07260824315618737575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881054.post-41753451192934576222024-01-13T09:10:20.513-06:002024-01-13T09:10:20.513-06:00You're right. I picked this up from Goodreads ...You're right. I picked this up from Goodreads quotes and didn't proofread it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881054.post-36943760122008068972024-01-13T06:00:38.903-06:002024-01-13T06:00:38.903-06:00Wait? Shouldn't that be "duel"? You ...Wait? Shouldn't that be "duel"? You know, like that classic 1971 film of the same name? Oh, man. Now I really want to go watch it. :-) Pretentious Wombathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14150378869211042533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881054.post-81710975661049020152024-01-12T10:06:06.559-06:002024-01-12T10:06:06.559-06:00Great lists! Marty is not a sad film (although the...Great lists! Marty is not a sad film (although there is sadness in it). I love Mr. Deeds, John Doe, and Can’t Take It with You so I can’t wait to read your reactions. I enjoyed the book for Lost Horizon better than the movie but I’m due for a rewatch. I’ve yet to see the other two Capra films. Enjoy!Donna Pointkouskihttp://pastprologue.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881054.post-47199231204094549592024-01-10T15:09:01.418-06:002024-01-10T15:09:01.418-06:00Yes, I've been really looking forward to watch...Yes, I've been really looking forward to watching these Japanese takes on Shakespeare since I have really enjoyed several <a href="https://happycatholic.blogspot.com/search/label/Shakespeare" rel="nofollow">Indian versions</a>. Julie D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08384291674560438678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881054.post-38189040915938760102024-01-10T15:05:14.193-06:002024-01-10T15:05:14.193-06:00Oh, that sounds like a juicy list. One warning: Ra...Oh, that sounds like a juicy list. One warning: Ran retells King Lear while Throne of Blood is a Macbeth story. Throne of Blood is highly recommended. It had the whole family--okay, whole family except the one year old--gripped. Maria Johnsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881054.post-6883675188602633792024-01-05T08:24:42.454-06:002024-01-05T08:24:42.454-06:00Beautiful picture.Beautiful picture.Michael J. Kannengieserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02260343556851550757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881054.post-54825562395337220362024-01-02T09:02:31.280-06:002024-01-02T09:02:31.280-06:00Glad to meetcha right back at you! Happy New Year!...Glad to meetcha right back at you! Happy New Year! :-)Julie D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08384291674560438678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881054.post-79888822916863354642024-01-01T10:17:54.943-06:002024-01-01T10:17:54.943-06:00Happy New Year! I am an author living in New York,...Happy New Year! I am an author living in New York, and I am happy to have found your blog in my journey to understand my Catholic faith and God. Once again, Happy New Year!Michael J. Kannengieserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02260343556851550757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881054.post-4851532609418526992024-01-01T08:22:53.327-06:002024-01-01T08:22:53.327-06:00The Best…..The Best…..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881054.post-11101001660800167482023-12-19T13:48:15.172-06:002023-12-19T13:48:15.172-06:00I think my review shows that we'll have to agr...I think my review shows that we'll have to agree to disagree.Julie D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08384291674560438678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881054.post-14817650027417924912023-12-19T13:02:29.790-06:002023-12-19T13:02:29.790-06:00Her books are a slog, a real trial, to read. Her i...Her books are a slog, a real trial, to read. Her interminable rambling makes me feel like screaming. She certainly needed a good editor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881054.post-14500002101604794002023-12-12T14:57:06.807-06:002023-12-12T14:57:06.807-06:00Happy Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe! Thank you fo...Happy Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe! Thank you for your annual post. One search leads to another. Of interest: A Handbook on Guadalupe by Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881054.post-10215473715982782682023-12-11T12:48:08.865-06:002023-12-11T12:48:08.865-06:00I only became aware of it when reading this book, ...I only became aware of it when reading this book, which felt that it was a bit simplistic in telling St. Vincent's story. However, I am interested in seeing it despite the author's opinon! :-DJulie D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08384291674560438678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881054.post-90436895180433003212023-12-09T08:54:16.581-06:002023-12-09T08:54:16.581-06:00Did you ever see the movie of the same name? I go...Did you ever see the movie of the same name? I got it from Netflix by mail years ago. It was great, as I recall. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881054.post-57562229237401600952023-11-27T17:03:07.288-06:002023-11-27T17:03:07.288-06:00I don't know. Perhaps if you click through and...I don't know. Perhaps if you click through and ask the photographer. :-)Julie D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08384291674560438678noreply@blogger.com