Random notes and thoughts

Being in conversation is being engaged
Being engaged is to be fully receptive and responsive
Talmud- engagings of scripture; commentaries on scriptures
Canonical- sanctioned as the official- the Bible
Literary literacy- the choice to read something of substance
Iconoclastic- the breaking of images; icono=images, clasm= break
Arabesque:

Metamorphosis- change of transfiguration

metemphsychosis- transmigration of souls ("psyche")- the way they change or go from one place to another

Hesiod- theogony- the birth of the Gods-- How do the Gods get born? To be "born" you have to be in the womb at some point in time

BCE- Before Common Era

Greeks central event= Trojan War vs. Hebrew central event= Exodus

Hebrew story: 1. Creation 2. Revolution (Exodus) 3. Law (Torah) 4. Wisdom (Job, Ecclesiastes, Proverbs) 5. Prophecy 6. Gospel ("good news") 7. Apocalypse ("the unveiling", Revelation)

Simon Shaina- He who sows the wind will reap the whirlwind. -- Actions have consequences.