I have never appreciated more the complexity of Hebrew Scripture than I do through these brief deft studies. Amicha teases out strands that reveal the many hands and interests and agendas that are bound into a seeming narrative whole. Conjecture is the result, and this both destabilizes biblical authority and at the same time restores my sense of wonder. There is no text like it. Indeed "Turn it and turn it again." Amichai's tolerance for ambiguity is formidable. His ability to hold the strands of possibility in his hand is no dry scholarly endeavor; it is an act of devotion without partisan pieties, of respect without losing his own political and moral bias, and ultimately an analytical feat. All of this, mind you, daily and in less than 500 words. !!!
Reading this account about Hebron brought me right to Poland in my mind, where people live in the towns just surrounding the ghettos and camps.. I will never forget looking up at the beautiful homes overlooking the ghetto in Krakow. How could people live there? And the smaller homes just outside Aushwitz, Then again, we are living on land that had massacre also. 🤔 hmm
I have never appreciated more the complexity of Hebrew Scripture than I do through these brief deft studies. Amicha teases out strands that reveal the many hands and interests and agendas that are bound into a seeming narrative whole. Conjecture is the result, and this both destabilizes biblical authority and at the same time restores my sense of wonder. There is no text like it. Indeed "Turn it and turn it again." Amichai's tolerance for ambiguity is formidable. His ability to hold the strands of possibility in his hand is no dry scholarly endeavor; it is an act of devotion without partisan pieties, of respect without losing his own political and moral bias, and ultimately an analytical feat. All of this, mind you, daily and in less than 500 words. !!!
peter
Reading this account about Hebron brought me right to Poland in my mind, where people live in the towns just surrounding the ghettos and camps.. I will never forget looking up at the beautiful homes overlooking the ghetto in Krakow. How could people live there? And the smaller homes just outside Aushwitz, Then again, we are living on land that had massacre also. 🤔 hmm
Wonder how the world would be different if instead of claiming "ownership" we only had "stewardship" and no one Owned land
https://open.spotify.com/track/6Tje0nyqerYacwmYuWPdD0?si=-j3ZUjfIR3iXYkwPqCgviA