Daily Archives: August 8, 2010

Comp Consolidation: Rabbinics

Posted on August 8, 2010 by jamesbradfordpate

Here are links to my posts for my rabbinics comps readings: I. Mishnah, Tosefta, Midrash Halakhah Alan J. Avery-Peck, Mishnah’s Division of Agriculture: A History and Theology of Seder.  Here. Baruch Bokser, The Origins of the Seder.  Here, here. Gerson … Continue reading →

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Harrowing One’s Own Hell: Evagrius on Lazarus and the Rich Man

Posted on August 8, 2010 by jamesbradfordpate

I finished Frank Schaeffer’s Patience with God last night.  Basically, his argument was that we find God in people’s love for each other, or something like that.  I was intrigued by pages 216-217, in which Frank quotes Evagrius’ Commentary on … Continue reading →

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Blocher: Can’t Harmonize, So One Is Literary

Posted on August 8, 2010 by jamesbradfordpate

In my reading today of Henri Blocher’s In the Beginning, Blocher argues that Genesis 1 is literary (and not literal) because Genesis 1 and 2 cannot be harmonized.  He states on page 56: If the dry land did not emerge … Continue reading →

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