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What Schultz does and how he does it
MaryAnn: In this light, I believe Schultz more than succeeds in what he sets out to do. His text is fairly reserved with regard to formal devices, which gives him more freedom to play with ideas as such. Rabbit, I'm interested to know what you think Schulz set out to do in [''Yom Kippur'' -- acting as proofreader for just a moment]. What ...
Posted to Poems by White_Rabbit on August 29, 2008
Atonement in Hebrew Scripture
Hi waltz! You asked me to take a look at what you've written about ''Yom Kippur''. As far as I've had time, I just have. Here is my response to this thread. It's directed toward the Fray as a whole and not specifically to you, but I hope you'll find what I say interesting and valuable. You are asked to believe in the spark of your divinity, ...
Posted to Poems by White_Rabbit on August 29, 2008
(שלום) "Friday OPP": Three new videos
Greetings! Two of the following three videos, at least, haven't been announced here to date -- maybe none of them. Two are obviously biblical Hebrew ''poetry'', but so much of what is called ''prose'' is evidently ''elevated speech'' of another kind that a number of scholars are considering it ''poetic'' as well. The third example (in my ...
Posted to Poems by White_Rabbit on August 22, 2008
Re: Thanks very much, Rabbit
MaryAnn: With regard to your last post answering my question about reading the Bible literally, I want to be sure I understand you. Are you saying that the four seasons started in earnest after Adam + Eve left Paradise and had to start farming? MA It would seem so, but I may be overlooking something. It is difficult to project a description ...
Posted to Poems by White_Rabbit on August 12, 2008
Re: Request for the Rabbit
MaryAnn: I'm looking forward to what you suggest, Rabbit (so far, all I've got is the Song of Songs), but here's another question I have -- about reading the Bible literally -- When I was doing some work with a Bible concordance, I noticed that in Genesis God creates the seasons. But later when he creates Adam and Eve, he lets them run around ...
Posted to Poems by White_Rabbit on August 11, 2008
The biblical festivals, seasons, and literature
The biblical Festivals given in Leviticus 23 are closely linked to the harvest seasons in the Land of Israel. Passover and Unleavened Bread = early springPentecost (Shavo`ot) = late springTrumpets = end of agricultural year, late summer or early autumnAtonement, Feast of Tabernacles and Last Great Day (Sheminit Atseret or Eighth-Day Assembly) = ...
Posted to Poems by White_Rabbit on August 11, 2008
Winter in the Bible
There are 15 verses in the ESV that refer to winter by name. They are all given below. (Many of them have already been mentioned with regard to summer.) WINTER: (Genesis 8:22 ESV) While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease.'' (Psalms 74:17 ESV) You have fixed all the ...
Posted to Poems by White_Rabbit on August 11, 2008
Autumn in the Bible
In the English Standard Version (ESV) there are just three verses that mention ''autumn''. Here they are. AUTUMN: (Proverbs 20:4 ESV) The sluggard does not plow in the autumn; he will seek at harvest and have nothing. (Jeremiah 5:24 ESV) They do not say in their hearts, 'Let us fear the LORD our God, who gives the rain in its season, the autumn ...
Posted to Poems by White_Rabbit on August 11, 2008
Summer in the Bible
SUMMER (prose and poetry -- not an exhaustive list): (Genesis 8:22 ESV) While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease.'' (Psalms 32:4 ESV) For day and night your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was dried up as by the heat of summer. Selah (Psalms 74:17 ESV) You have fixed all ...
Posted to Poems by White_Rabbit on August 11, 2008
Spring in the Bible
SPRING: (2 Samuel 11:1 ESV) In the spring of the year, the time when kings go out to battle, David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel. And they ravaged the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah. But David remained at Jerusalem. (1 Kings 20:26 ESV) In the spring, Ben-hadad mustered the Syrians and went up to Aphek to fight against ...
Posted to Poems by White_Rabbit on August 11, 2008

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