Slate.com editor David Plotz is blogging the Bible. A “lax but well-educated Jew,” Plotz is reading Genesis himself for the first time, without the filter of rabbis or commentary. No more watered down Sunday School versions for him. He starts with the rape of Jacob’s daughter and the resulting massacre of a town by his sons, then moves on to Genesis’ two different creation stories. Could be interesting.
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Rape, circumcision, massacre
05.16.06 | 1 Comment
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I’ve been reading this. He’s a little off, but it’s remarkable what you see when you come to the Bible with fresh eyes. I did the same with Genesis last year and was surprised to find that God kicked Adam and Eve out of Eden, not for disobeying him, but because they might also eat the tree that would give them eternal life (Genesis 3:22). Then, of course, the whole New Testament is about how God loves us so much that he required the exquisite torture of his only begotten son so that we could…have eternal life. God is sick.