Brainstorming about history, politics, literature, religion, and other topics from a 'gypsy' scholar on a wagon hitched to a star.
"For God so loved the world that he killed his only begotten Son before I realized that I had misquoted, but the milk was already spilt for our sins, cry though we might, so it's too late now, for we are condemned already as disbelievers who will never understand Johannine soteriology."
posted by Horace Jeffery Hodges @ 11:39 AM
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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."
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What would exegesis do?
The first step - I think - would be to ask if we have an uncorrupted text. The one given looks rather dodgy.
That "only-begotten" looks odd. I suggest "only-forgotten." Yes. That looks better. Onward.
Jeffery Hodges
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