Some time last year, I came across the blog by David Plotz, one of the editors of Slate.com, called Blogging the Bible. Plotz, a Jew, decided to read straight through the Hebrew Bible (what Christians often call The Old Testament) and offer his take on it from a literary critic and professional pundit's perspective. His whimsical and often hilarious thoughts are a lot of fun--not to mention that he points out so many things that happen to be in the Bible that nobody ever talks about.He was interviewed today on the Bryant Park Project--a really great NPR show that is only available on the web to people in the Kansas City area--and it's a nice introduction to his blog.
He pointed out something that I had never thought about before--when Noah makes land after the flood and has saved two of every animal, what's the first thing he does? He sacrifices animals to God. There goes a species! How sadly ironic that the animals in question survived the deluge only to be sacrificed when they make land!
Grace and Peace,
Chase
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