tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637125351921336084.post1674627377165683602..comments2024-03-15T10:01:59.405-07:00Comments on The Jesus Blog: The Top Ten Things Every Jesus Scholar Wants for Xmas – Le DonneAnthony Le Donnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282792648606976883noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637125351921336084.post-84265682725115038292012-12-11T23:41:02.037-08:002012-12-11T23:41:02.037-08:00On the fourth night of Hanukkah, my true love gave...On the fourth night of Hanukkah, my true love gave to me: "Soundings in the Religion of Jesus". And no one in my family sees this as ironic anymore.Larryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08976868079076669453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637125351921336084.post-14941761224175843022012-12-07T16:24:10.146-08:002012-12-07T16:24:10.146-08:00Possibly I should have ended that last comment wit...Possibly I should have ended that last comment with a wink-y smiley face, but I figured you'd catch the snarky sarcasm behind any Jewish nostalgia for the "Enlightenment". Not to mention a Jew complaining about post-modernity. I suppose I could find a non-Jew I might complain to who is at least partially responsible for the post-modernist project, but I think I'd have to work at it.<br /><br />Yours is a very good book, Anthony. I liked it a lot. Seriously.Larryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08976868079076669453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637125351921336084.post-57281015159332391382012-12-07T15:57:50.168-08:002012-12-07T15:57:50.168-08:00Aha - but there was a St. Nic, even if his present...Aha - but there was a St. Nic, even if his present-day packagings obscure him.<br /><br />#drankthekoolaidAnthony Le Donnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01282792648606976883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637125351921336084.post-45289587322399402132012-12-07T15:31:14.415-08:002012-12-07T15:31:14.415-08:00How appropriate that someone would wish for Q from...How appropriate that someone would wish for Q from Santa Claus... two non-existent things used to sell toys. <br /><br />#boomJ. L. Wattshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01000798494472742263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637125351921336084.post-8192263040944479352012-12-07T14:59:18.375-08:002012-12-07T14:59:18.375-08:00Luckily there were lots of enlightened folks befor...Luckily there were lots of enlightened folks before the "Enlightenment" suggesting that we can be enlightened without that particular incarnation of modernity.Anthony Le Donnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01282792648606976883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637125351921336084.post-87138746624206885072012-12-07T13:19:43.934-08:002012-12-07T13:19:43.934-08:00I'm a tad disappointed that "time machine...I'm a tad disappointed that "time machine" didn't make the list. I think that the historical Jesus scholar who accesses a time machine has a slight edge on everyone else.Brian LePorthttp://www.nearemmaus.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637125351921336084.post-63076064744852940392012-12-07T13:13:43.793-08:002012-12-07T13:13:43.793-08:00you're insaneyou're insaneJimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16698562143972216357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637125351921336084.post-21715412105415961122012-12-07T13:13:06.078-08:002012-12-07T13:13:06.078-08:00Hmm. I think that would create a problem for me, e...Hmm. I think that would create a problem for me, especially if I had to explain to some fellow member of the tribe why he found a tie under his Hanukkah bush that smells like Highland Park.<br /><br />I just finished your "Historical Jesus" book last night, and already I miss the Enlightenment.Larryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08976868079076669453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637125351921336084.post-52977993901672902942012-12-07T12:59:08.314-08:002012-12-07T12:59:08.314-08:00If you bought be a tie for Xmas and claimed "...If you bought be a tie for Xmas and claimed "memory refraction", your social counterpart (me) would correct your memory so that it looked more like my memory. Or perhaps you would correct my memory so that it looked more like yours... I would then re-gift your Xmas present as a Hanukkah present to someone else. In this way, we would both be contributing to Jewish-Xn relations.<br /><br />problem solved.<br /><br />-anthonyAnthony Le Donnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01282792648606976883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637125351921336084.post-23884583266800834292012-12-07T10:11:36.327-08:002012-12-07T10:11:36.327-08:00If you asked instead about Hanukkah, you could get...If you asked instead about Hanukkah, you could get 80% of your wish list. This is my best contribution ever to interfaith dialog.<br /><br />If I buy you a tie for Christmas and claim memory refraction, would you have to accept the gift in place of something else you listed? This is my best contribution ever to postmodernist dialog.Larryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08976868079076669453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637125351921336084.post-60724682900871514652012-12-07T10:04:02.293-08:002012-12-07T10:04:02.293-08:00Without actually finding said fragment of Q, Oakma...Without actually finding said fragment of Q, Oakman's _The Political Aims of Jesus_ probably does the next best thing. Merry Christmas!dannyyencichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09043010083839503415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637125351921336084.post-22770851013597053082012-12-07T09:55:37.315-08:002012-12-07T09:55:37.315-08:00The amount of verbal play that #1 gives to the ter...The amount of verbal play that #1 gives to the term "handbook" (at 3600+ pp.) is quite amusing in itself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637125351921336084.post-54565872934116893282012-12-07T09:41:27.196-08:002012-12-07T09:41:27.196-08:00Wowww.
What about a pack of those neato new Theo...Wowww. <br /><br />What about a pack of those neato new Theologian Trading Cards from Zondervan? http://goo.gl/Eyk00 <br /><br />I'd think they'd make a good stocking stuffer. :-)Lois Tverberghttp://ourrabbijesus.comnoreply@blogger.com