La interpretación de un texto tan alusivo y escaso de detalles como lo es la palabra contra ‘Ariel’ en Isaías 29.1-8, es notoriamente difícil. ‘Ariel’ en sí no presenta problemas. Es un sustantivo compuesto que significa ‘léon/leonisa de Dios’. Es casi seguro que se refiere a Jerusalén. La tradición sionista/Jerusalemita le da un supremo valor [...]
Archive for May, 2009
como un sueño: Isaías 29.1–8
Posted in textures on May 29, 2009 | 3 Comments »
reality’s dialectic: Proverbs 16.9
Posted in textures, tagged biblical reflection, Proverbs, textures on May 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The proverbs are both too intelligent and too discerning to walk the fast path of easy description. The reader who lingers long over this anthology of accumulated wisdom learns to detect gradations rather than bold lines. Even those proverbs which appear at first sight to traffic in simple bifurcations of human character and deportment prove, [...]
pasividad y divorcio: Isaías 50.1-3
Posted in textures on May 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
La retórica de la segunda mitad de Isaías revela una actitud quejosa de parte de Israel/Judá/Jerusalén, insinuándose como víctima de las circunstancias y los hechos de YHVH. Por el contrario, la voz profética insiste en que Judá debe afrontar la responsabilidad de su situación y realizar un arduo esfuerzo para esperar en el futuro de [...]
YHVH contra los crueles: Isaías 25.1–5
Posted in textures, tagged biblical reflection, Isaías, Isaiah, reflexión bíblica, texturas, textures on May 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Isaías 25.1-5 se constituye en una oda de celebración ante la victoria sobre los ‘tiranos’ y los ‘crueles’ de la tierra que YHVH lleva a cabo en defensa de los pobres e indefensos. La tradición isaíanica está convencida de lo que se podría titular ‘la ética del Éxodo’. Es decir, YHVH no es imparcial ante [...]
the moral character of knowing: John 14
Posted in textures, tagged biblical reflection, John, textures on May 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One might imagine that knowing Jesus were a matter of mastering certain details. His antecedents, his persona, his intentions, his purpose. Contrary to subjectivity’s noisy heralds—for they are legion—these matters are indeed essential to knowing him, to knowing anyone. The elevation of ‘relationship’ and ‘experience’ as self-evident and absolute priorities is, one hopes, a passing [...]
babies, bathwater, and overweening simplicity: a response to Malcolm Webber
Posted in denkschrift on May 20, 2009 | 15 Comments »
The prevailing emotion that threatens my ambiguous relationship with equanimity as I read Malcolm Webber’s ‘Church-Integrated Leader Development’ is grief. I put things in just this way because there are other sentiments in play. An injured sense of justice, for example, and here and there a dollop of anger. Yet grief is definitely the thing. [...]
inside out: Proverbs 15.13
Posted in textures, tagged biblical reflection, Proverbs, textures on May 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The density of the biblical proverbs allows the mistaken impression that the editor of these sayings is playing purposelessly with syllables. A quick read breezes by what it mistakes for truism when in fact a patient loitering around the saying is capable of uncovering a deeper truth. Proverbs 15.13 is a case in point: A [...]
the meaning of chipmunks: the story of a rescued Rhodesian Ridgeback
Posted in fauna on May 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Chipmunks are the garbage fish of suburban backyards. They are the bottom-feeding carp to, say, the smallmouth bass that is the inventive squirrel or the rainbow trout whose role is filled by the Northern Cardinal. A fallen Blue Jay may merit a sigh as we carry his defunct body tenderly to the garbage can. But [...]
speaking life: Proverbs 15.4
Posted in reseña, tagged biblical reflection, Proverbs, textures on May 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In the light of the myriad ethical issues that preoccupy the biblical anthology, it is most remarkable that its powers of observation and instruction are so often drawn to that little organ we call the tongue. Biblical ethics in diverse garb agree that this little muscle possesses the powers of both life and death. It [...]
Sammy strikes back: the story of a rescued Rhodesian Ridgeback
Posted in fauna on May 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Two experienced veterinarians in a room at our beloved Michigan Road Animal Hospital expressed astonishment at the dog Johnny and I brought in to see them this evening. Dr. Fletcher, looked twice toward the heavens, in gratitude. ‘Es casi milagrosa‘—’it’s almost miraculous’—she says to me. Language, loss, and renewed hope each bond people. Dr K, [...]
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