I haven't posted in a while, not from lack of interest but other parts of my life have been somewhat busy. I've had to put some things aside for a while. I've written many ideas and paragraphs for this blog but just haven't had the chance to post so I'll try to get some of them up on here! Anyhow, here we go...
I'd been planning a beautiful, long and full report on a book I discovered that promised an in-depth look into the race of angels and demons. This book is called; "From The Ashes of Angels: The Forbidden Legacy of A Fallen Race" by Andrew Collins. The title caught me instantly and it was just a bonus that David Rohl, a favourite Egyptologist of mine wrote a blurb about this book on the back cover!
The subject matter proves to be interesting for me but there's quite a bit of references and a lot of back and forth to understand whether it's the authors interpretation or someone else's... it gets confusing! I have to admit that almost from the very beginning, I had issues with the way this author interprets texts! Or maybe it was just my frustration from the seemingly endless back and forth to verify sources and footnotes. I do strongly believe in checking sources but so far this book seems more like a collection of sources than anything else. But I will keep reading and give a final report later on...
Now, before I move on to my next blurb... I'd like to make one thing clear...I do not consider myself a feminist. I do believe in equal rights and opportunity but I do acknowledge that we all have roles to play of equal importance. I'm not looking to start a whole debate on this subject though I realise that saying just my peice might spark much debate but so be it! I just wanted to make things a bit clearer for my next statement!
Let's be honest, whomever wrote the book of Enoch, which is a great part of this book's sources, whether it was Enoch himself (which is doubtful) doesn't change the fact that it was written by a man. An inspired man perhaps but still from a man's perspective. None of this changes the fact that every text has 3 worlds. I find it very frustrating that the author seems to not even address this at all!
Here's a bit of info on the 3 worlds of a text:
1. World Behind the text (author's perspective)
2. World Within the text (the world/ people that is/are being written about and their perspectives)
3. World in front of the text (the reader's perspective)
Now, the role and place of women in ancient societies are quite clear that they were of a sorts, second class. In some places, women- wives and daughters seem to be held of great value but then again- so are other possessions at times. Whether God actually intended to create this kind of dynamic in scriptural societies is for a future debate and I will attempt to not let my thoughts or emotions (being a woman myself) allow my paper/post to become biased.
I will post more specific points from the book in the next couple of weeks one topic at a time due to time restraints and such.
I'd been planning a beautiful, long and full report on a book I discovered that promised an in-depth look into the race of angels and demons. This book is called; "From The Ashes of Angels: The Forbidden Legacy of A Fallen Race" by Andrew Collins. The title caught me instantly and it was just a bonus that David Rohl, a favourite Egyptologist of mine wrote a blurb about this book on the back cover!
The subject matter proves to be interesting for me but there's quite a bit of references and a lot of back and forth to understand whether it's the authors interpretation or someone else's... it gets confusing! I have to admit that almost from the very beginning, I had issues with the way this author interprets texts! Or maybe it was just my frustration from the seemingly endless back and forth to verify sources and footnotes. I do strongly believe in checking sources but so far this book seems more like a collection of sources than anything else. But I will keep reading and give a final report later on...
Now, before I move on to my next blurb... I'd like to make one thing clear...I do not consider myself a feminist. I do believe in equal rights and opportunity but I do acknowledge that we all have roles to play of equal importance. I'm not looking to start a whole debate on this subject though I realise that saying just my peice might spark much debate but so be it! I just wanted to make things a bit clearer for my next statement!
Let's be honest, whomever wrote the book of Enoch, which is a great part of this book's sources, whether it was Enoch himself (which is doubtful) doesn't change the fact that it was written by a man. An inspired man perhaps but still from a man's perspective. None of this changes the fact that every text has 3 worlds. I find it very frustrating that the author seems to not even address this at all!
Here's a bit of info on the 3 worlds of a text:
1. World Behind the text (author's perspective)
2. World Within the text (the world/ people that is/are being written about and their perspectives)
3. World in front of the text (the reader's perspective)
Now, the role and place of women in ancient societies are quite clear that they were of a sorts, second class. In some places, women- wives and daughters seem to be held of great value but then again- so are other possessions at times. Whether God actually intended to create this kind of dynamic in scriptural societies is for a future debate and I will attempt to not let my thoughts or emotions (being a woman myself) allow my paper/post to become biased.
I will post more specific points from the book in the next couple of weeks one topic at a time due to time restraints and such.
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