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<b>martinguerre</b> fascinating. Much more complete than my classes in OT and NT in college.
I'd like to recommend for those wishing to study the apocrypha and not be overwhelmed by the politics and reasons behind its exclusions - The Oxford Annotated Bible with Apocrypha.
What I was taught, and this could be as inaccurate as any interpretation of the bible is that some of the books are a bit dodgy due to what was happening in the church at the time of canonization. I think martin has cleared that up a bit for me, although my prof was heavy on the hand Luther played. Which is odd, because I went to a Methodist college.
Now I'll cringe even more when I see the "HE wrote it, I believe it, that settles it" bumper stickers.
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I think the Apocalypse is happening all around us. We go on eating desserts and watching TV. I know I do. I wish we were more capable of sustained passion and sustained resistance. We should be screaming and what we do is gossip. -Lydia Millet
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