tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5276110560172164522.post2686890709051407351..comments2024-03-02T13:01:38.633-05:00Comments on A Night's Dream of Books: INNOVATIVE ONLINE BOOK TOURS: Weekly Guest Post #3/Giveaway - Andrew Cort, author of The Door Is OpenMaria Beharhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13635809880830316283noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5276110560172164522.post-61511480299690760412012-09-25T04:47:06.746-04:002012-09-25T04:47:06.746-04:00Bloom's has real interesting take on some of t...Bloom's has real interesting take on some of the supposed misogynistic aspects. He asserts that the writer is really sympathetic to the plight of women and is attempting to show how badly that they were treated at the hand of men who were often their husbands.<br /><br />Many of his views on the Old Testament are counter to how it has been interpreted over the years.Brian Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15139559400312336791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5276110560172164522.post-53773988551299675172012-09-24T23:19:43.277-04:002012-09-24T23:19:43.277-04:00Hi, again, Brian!
Oh, so it was Bloom who wrote &...Hi, again, Brian!<br /><br />Oh, so it was Bloom who wrote "The Book of J"...I know I have that book somewhere in this library I live in...I've had it for years, too, and haven't read it! Shame on me! I'll have to look for it. <br /><br />Now that you mention that a woman wrote the first five books of the Bible, according to Bloom and other scholars, I have to tell you Maria Beharhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13635809880830316283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5276110560172164522.post-10016923478542715742012-09-24T20:03:46.119-04:002012-09-24T20:03:46.119-04:00Hi Maria - I believe that some, but not all schola...Hi Maria - I believe that some, but not all scholars believe that then first five books of the Old Testament were originally written by a single writer that the scholars call 'J". The theory goes that the original texts were seriously edited into what today is called the Torah or the fist five books of the old Testament.<br /><br />Bloom's theory which he spells out in his "The Brian Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15139559400312336791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5276110560172164522.post-7636854749485730362012-09-24T18:30:50.232-04:002012-09-24T18:30:50.232-04:00Hi, Susie!
You're very welcome! I'm enjo...Hi, Susie!<br /><br />You're very welcome! I'm enjoying all these posts that Dr. Cort has written! They're all fasciinating!! <br /><br />Thanks for commenting!! : )Maria Beharhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13635809880830316283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5276110560172164522.post-1396668343838936542012-09-24T18:29:46.913-04:002012-09-24T18:29:46.913-04:00Hey, Brian!
Yes, this is a fascinating guest post...Hey, Brian!<br /><br />Yes, this is a fascinating guest post! I've never come across such an interpretation before, but now that I have, I think it makes a lot of sense. <br /><br />As for Bloom's theory, I'd like to do some research about it. The Bible is a series of books, though, written across many years, so I would think that a woman might have authored one or more books, but Maria Beharhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13635809880830316283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5276110560172164522.post-22474709360786065322012-09-24T07:12:18.047-04:002012-09-24T07:12:18.047-04:00Thank you for hosting Andrew today.Thank you for hosting Andrew today.KyBunnieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18179448021735363057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5276110560172164522.post-76395384230894665912012-09-24T04:53:21.577-04:002012-09-24T04:53:21.577-04:00This is a fascinating interpretation of the creati...This is a fascinating interpretation of the creation story Adam and Eve. I myself have never heard or thought about the genders being divided DURING the creation of Eve. Indeed this would put an entirely new light on the story.<br /><br />I am thinking of this in light of what Harold Bloom's theory that the original writer of the early Bible stories, before they went through multiple Brian Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15139559400312336791noreply@blogger.com