Writing his poetry while seated on ash and blood, the writer of the biblical book of Lamentations finds just the syllables for his poignant scream: He has made my teeth grind on gravel, and made me cower in ashes; my soul is bereft of peace; I have forgotten what happiness is; so I say, “Gone [...]
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grief’s rhythm: Lamentations 3
Posted in textures, tagged biblical reflection, Lamentations, textures on November 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
filling in blanks: Hebrews 5
Posted in textures, tagged biblical reflection, Hebrews, textures on November 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The writer of the New Testament ‘letter’—it is hardly just that—to the Hebrews does what attentive readers of sacred literature instinctively do: he fills in the blanks. The enigmatic figure of Melchizedek deserves a Guinness Book of World Records category all his own. One would have to define it as ‘most suggestive figure about whom [...]
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