20 fracture(s) for a fracture?
Eyetooth?
An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, an eyetooth for an eyetooth, and 20 fracture(s) for a fracture!
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posted by Horace Jeffery Hodges @ 4:20 AM
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Gypsy Scholar
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Thursday, June 29, 2017
An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, an eyetooth for an eyetooth, and 20 fracture(s) for a fracture!
About Me
- Name: Horace Jeffery Hodges
- Location: Seoul, South Korea
I am a retired professor. I last taught at Ewha Womans University, mostly composition, research writing, and cultural issues, but also the occasional graduate seminar on Gnosticism and Johannine theology and the occasional undergraduate course on European history. My doctorate is in history (U.C. Berkeley), with emphasis on religion and science. My thesis is on John's gospel and Gnosticism. I'm also an award-winning writer, and I recommend my novella, The Bottomless Bottle of Beer, to anyone interested. I'm originally from the Arkansas Ozarks, but my academic career -- funded through doctoral and postdoctoral fellowships (e.g., Fulbright, Naumann, Lady Davis) -- has taken me through Texas, California, Switzerland, Germany, Australia, and Israel and has landed me in Seoul, South Korea. I've also traveled to Mexico, visited much of Europe, including Moscow, and touched down briefly in a few East Asian countries. Hence: "Gypsy Scholar."
5 Comments:
What kind of Bible are you using?...no 20s or fractures The reference for breach (Lev. 24:19-20 KJV) has mischief in Ex. 21:23.
Cran
Cran,
I suspect the "20" comes from the verse number, which Jeff jokingly (and purposely) has misread as "20 fracture," hence the "(s)" to correct the supposedly poor grammar of "20 fracture."
I think you're both right.
Jeffery Hodges
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What manner of exegesis be this!?
I think it's called 'eisegesis' . . .
Jeffery Hodges
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