"Now the most excellent five were of this character, they related to the monarchial principle on which the world is governed; to images and statues, and in short to all erections of any kind made by hand"
(Philo, Decalogue 51 - transl. de Yonge, C., The works of Philo : Complete and unabridged Peabody: Hendrickson, 1995, p. 522)
Too much information, Philo. Too much information.
posted by Chris Tilling @ 11:23 PM
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I am New Testament Tutor for St Mellitus College and St Paul's Theological Centre, London. In my postgraduate research (under the supervision of Max Turner) I’m working on a thesis that concerns the christological significance of the language Paul used to describe the relationship between risen Lord and believer. My blog, Chrisendom, is primarily occupied with biblical and theological themes – especially those Apostle Paul shaped, but I try as best as I can to squeeze in a decent amount of inappropriate baloney on the way. For more about me, click here for my interview with biblioblogs' Jim West.
7 Comments:
.... um.... methinks thou hast misunderstood....
Methinks Philo knew all about allegorical, literal, spiritual and all others kinds of readings and multiple meanings. The dirty old man meant every word!
You never cease to amaze me... and to think I thought I could deconstruct others' words.
So when they talk about "doing stand-up comedy," what's all that about?
Right, Byron, he knew. Jim, you need to know that Byron, Ken, Tony and I all see it.
Tony. REV???? You shouldn't find this funny!! And that joke is TOTALLY inappropriate for a Rev!
Wow! This is a great example of reading a modern meaning into a word, I think I'll bookmark it and use it sometime (a negative example of course :-)
Yeah... So should I be penitent, or just say I'm being incarnationally involved in my context?
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