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Daily Archives: September 5, 2011
Hobos and Beverly Not Having Her Wallet
For my write-up today of Stephen King’s IT, my theme is making one’s way in the world when poor, or, in Beverly’s case, when one is denied access to one’s wallet or credit card: 1. On pages 311-312, young Eddie … Continue reading
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Starting Cook’s Prophecy and Apocalypticism
I started Stephen Cook’s Prophecy and Apocalypticism: The Postexilic Social Setting. I have four items: 1. On page 24, Cook mentions characteristics of apocalyptic literature. They include “an imminent inbreaking of God inaugurating a future age qualitatively different from this … Continue reading