One of the things that I neglected to mention in my earlier short introduction to this set of formal and informal translations of the Psalms is that I’ll be implementing the division of the Psalm “titles” into postscripts and superscripts as I described in this post on the discovery of James Thirtle in this regard.Continue reading “Psalms 3-5”
Monthly Archives: June 2007
Sayings of the Fathers: Arsenios (5)
41. And they say that the whole time of his life, sitting for the work of his hands, he had a furrow in his chest, a gift of the tears falling from his eyes. And Abba Poimen, hearing that he had fallen asleep, said, weeping, Blessed are you, Abba Arsenios, for you wept for yourselfContinue reading “Sayings of the Fathers: Arsenios (5)”
Sayings of the Fathers: Arsenios (4)
It’s been a while, but here I continue my translation of the Apophthegmata Patrum, the Alphabetical Series, with Abba Arsenios, from right where we left off. The first one, number 38, is particularly striking. Enjoy! 38. They say about one of the brothers who came to Skete to see Abba Arsenios, that, going to theContinue reading “Sayings of the Fathers: Arsenios (4)”
Psalms 1-2
This post is the beginning of something I’ve been meaning to do for a long time: a translation of the Psalms in two forms, a formal, literal translation and a more informal, dynamic translation. This set of translations is from the Hebrew, though with reference to the Greek Psalms of the Septuagint especially. I useContinue reading “Psalms 1-2”
The Iconic Books Blog
Professor Jim Watts of the Department of Religion at Syracuse University has written to inform me about a very interesting new blog: A new blog that may be of interest to you has come online in the last couple of months: The Iconic Books Blog comments on Bibles as well as other scriptures and “textsContinue reading “The Iconic Books Blog”
Plea for the Historian
Forebear to deem the Chronicler unwise, Ungentle, or untouched by seemly ruth, Who, gathering up all that Time’s envious tooth Has spared of sound and grave realities, Firmly rejects those dazzling flatteries, Dear as they are to unsuspecting Youth, That might have drawn down Clio from the skies To vindicate the majesty of truth. SuchContinue reading “Plea for the Historian”
On the Confusion of “Canon”
The following post is extracted from a small notebook of mine that I used to carry around in my bookbag precisely in order to capture such thoughts that were stimulated by my reading or conversations. This entry, germane to John Hobbins’ Thinking About Canon conversation, was written 21 August 1999, beginning at 3:25 pm, atContinue reading “On the Confusion of “Canon””
An Enochian memorial?
The following prayer occurs in the Litany for the Departed, an Eastern Orthodox memorial service: O God of spirits and of all flesh, who hast trampled down death and made powerless the devil and given life to thy world: Do thou, thyself O Lord, give rest to the souls of thy departed servants, NN, inContinue reading “An Enochian memorial?”
To love Thee human-eyed
‘Launch out into the deep,’ Christ spake of old To Peter: and he launched into the deep; Strengthened should tempest wake which lay asleep, Strengthened to suffer heat or suffer cold. Thus, in Christ’s Prescience: patient to behold A fall, a rise, a scaling Heaven’s high steep; Prescience of Love, which deigned to overleap TheContinue reading “To love Thee human-eyed”
Fishers of Men
At that time, as Jesus walked by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon who is called Peter and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen. And he said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.” Immediately they left their nets andContinue reading “Fishers of Men”