Gerda Lerner, The Creation of Patriarchy (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1986), 15. The shreds of hard evidence - tools, graves, pottery shards, the remains of dwellings and shrines, the ambiguous artifacts on cave walls, skeletal remains and the story they tell - all these lie before us in bewildering diversity. We tie them together with... Continue Reading →
M. Eugene Boring: Interpretation as Rebuilding the Ship at Sea
M. Eugene Boring, I & II Thessalonians: A Commentary, The New Testament Library (Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 2015), 1. As a reader, I bring my agenda to the [biblical] text, and I cannot do otherwise. While hidden agendas are rightly frowned upon, the word itself has no sinister overtones. The agenda is simply... Continue Reading →
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