tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9101859138648955033.post1051750011547529691..comments2024-03-16T14:29:04.010-04:00Comments on Lance Strate's Blog Time Passing: Va'etchananLance Stratehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13033954765699126246noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9101859138648955033.post-25671317525138046612007-07-28T02:35:00.000-04:002007-07-28T02:35:00.000-04:00But is not the message and content of all laws rel...But is not the message and content of all laws relevant to media ecology? Some would argue there is a common origin to all the laws and first recorded in Babylon.. are they not essentially the same laws (truths?) but merely worded differently and pre-dating (traditionally) dated Mosaic Law? Similiarily, Gilgamesh comes to mind. You know - sort of a meme-op-a-be-bop-a shama-lama-ding-dong kinda thing?<BR/><BR/>Relative to my own take on the Old and New Testaments - just my opinion and (no pun intended) certainly not set in stone, just my own conclusions reached thus far. For a different child -perhaps, and I understand that as a different child, needs be by my nature, I'm taught differently than my brother or sister. And I freely admit that I never have been very orderly ;)<BR/><BR/>If every flower was just the same, every flower would have the same flower's name. <BR/><BR/>(love that story)<BR/><BR/>Would the brother or sister be older or younger than me?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9101859138648955033.post-19339874820415230032007-07-28T00:35:00.000-04:002007-07-28T00:35:00.000-04:00Thanks, Luanne. I wouldn't say that the New Testa...Thanks, Luanne. I wouldn't say that the New Testament was written for an older child, but for a different child. As for good old Hammurabi, he represents the earliest appearance of law, and coincides with the invasion of Mesopotamia by a Semitic people who became known as Babylonians, and who altered Sumerian cuneiform from a logographic system (one character = one word) to a syllabic system (one character for an entire syllable, as in one for ba, one for be, one for bi, bo, bu, etc., then put together to form words). The connection between writing and law is paramount, and it all happened in the same part of the world.Lance Stratehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13033954765699126246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9101859138648955033.post-85327837927126218982007-07-27T23:46:00.000-04:002007-07-27T23:46:00.000-04:00A. You speak in tongues! Your transliteration of t...A. You speak in tongues! Your transliteration of the text is delightful. Your referencing a couple’s commandment, “Give us both a break” could be quibbled. Are they gay? Are they straight? If they’re straight, does She wear the pants? Other than that, I think it’s spot on. It reminds me too of Dostoevsky, Dylan, Susan Sontag and various others who’ve had a go. Or rather, in a similar vein and obviously inspired by the text, created their own words to live by. Anyway you put it, it's always Great Advice. <BR/> <BR/>B. I think you’re very orderly<BR/><BR/>C. I devour your teachings of the old testament and compare to how I was taught and have learned and continue to learn the new testament (and old) and which is very much how things are taught in your congregation. Though in the end, it all often depends on the rabbi. <BR/> <BR/>C. You express,”…it's my understanding that the Jewish divisions into parshas create a more optimistic and hopeful impression, while the Church's breakdown into chapter and verse tends to emphasize the negative and pessimistic side of the ancient narrative (making the Old Testament the "bad news," relative to the "good news" of the New Testament).” <BR/><BR/>To which I can reply that I understand how you might get that impression. But be encouraged! <BR/><BR/>Consider as well, that scene in Monty Python and the Holy Grail when the mob presents the witch for burning and the ensuing mayhem when logic fails or simply does not yet exist; and as with a father/mother with their child who has not yet matured to adulthood, rules are short, sharp and sweet – Don’t touch! Hot! Be home by 11:00. Don't drive drunk. The new testament was written from a mother/father to a child that has grown older – and like the old testament, relative to the times in which it was written. It’s all Good. <BR/><BR/>D. I think that the synchronicity implicit in events described in your blog have commonality with recent events described in my own blog. <BR/><BR/>F. Where do you think everything fits in with the Codes of Hammurabi and Lipit-Ishtar?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com