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Post by Child of Immanuel on Oct 13, 2007 7:11:27 GMT -5
The Missing Books of the Bible (Apocrypha) What edition/translation are you reading, CoI? Just from experience, the best version in print right now is the Oxford Annotated RSV. This will probably changed 2/08, when the new Orthodox Study Bible comes to print, which includes the frist new English-language translation of the Septuagint in almost 200 years. I found a book that gives brief introductions before the text. It doesn't say which translation it is, but it reads like it's around King James' time. |
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Post by Child of Immanuel on Oct 13, 2007 7:12:26 GMT -5
Right now I'm reading "Queen of Fashion: What Marie Antoinette Wore to the Revolution" by Caroline Weber (it was a Christmas gift, so I have to do it  ) |
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Post by dinadan on Oct 13, 2007 23:22:54 GMT -5
What edition/translation are you reading, CoI? Just from experience, the best version in print right now is the Oxford Annotated RSV. This will probably changed 2/08, when the new Orthodox Study Bible comes to print, which includes the frist new English-language translation of the Septuagint in almost 200 years. I found a book that gives brief introductions before the text. It doesn't say which translation it is, but it reads like it's around King James' time. It is entirely possible that it is the King James. Most people are not aware that the 'deutrocanonical' books were also translated by the KJV scholars. |
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Post by Danath on Oct 16, 2007 15:25:54 GMT -5
The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 - Rick Atkinson
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Post by Child of Immanuel on Oct 16, 2007 16:13:05 GMT -5
Hunger for God- John Piper
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Post by Danath on Oct 18, 2007 6:56:12 GMT -5
I'm also starting on Scarlet.
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Post by Dred on Oct 18, 2007 9:51:53 GMT -5
The Great Hunt by Robert Jordan
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Post by Child of Immanuel on Oct 18, 2007 14:18:03 GMT -5
The Other Boleyn Girl- Phillippa Gregory
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Post by dinadan on Oct 19, 2007 9:07:43 GMT -5
I finally made it to Formation of Christian Theology: The Nicene Faith, Part II, Fr. John Behr
St. Basil the Great really was a spectacular guy, btw. I also now realize how Eunomian most modern theology seems to be (in character, if not in kind).
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Post by Child of Immanuel on Oct 20, 2007 11:44:59 GMT -5
Does Eunomian refer to a name or does it mean 'affirming the law'?
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Post by dinadan on Oct 20, 2007 17:56:13 GMT -5
Eunomian refers to a name; Eunomius was a heretic of the 4th century, who was opposed by the Cappadocian Fathers (St. Basil the Great, St. Gregory the Theologian, and St. Gregory of Nyssa).
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Post by Child of Immanuel on Oct 21, 2007 6:48:46 GMT -5
What was his specific heresy?
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Post by dinadan on Oct 22, 2007 7:22:31 GMT -5
Eunomius was an extreme Arian, called an Anomoean. Basically, He argued that God's primary attribute was his unbegottenness; because God the Father is a singular being whose unique attribute is being unbegotten, then of necessity the Son is not of identical substance with the Father, but merely of similar substance (and also exists in Time, because he could not be co-eternal with the Father and the Father preserve his unique unbegottenness). This is an anti-trinitarian confession, and as such was branded a heresy.
The reason for my previous statement is that Eunomius believed that God cannot know any more about himself than we know about him, and that our knowledge of God comes from rigorous logical deductions based on reading of scripture and definitions of theological/philosophic terms. St. Basil the Great and St. Gregory of Nyssa both have works called Against Eunomius, both of which are worth picking up if the 4th century dogmatic debates interest you (and they should, since all the modern and post-modern heresies were already addressed 1600 years ago). But, Fr. John Behr's works on the formation of Christian theology are also very good reads, and very educational; as I said before, I'm almost finished with Vol. 2 of the ongoing series.
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Post by Shazammm on Oct 22, 2007 14:03:31 GMT -5
i finished Making Money (the new Discworld novel) and i'm now reading Many Bloody Returns (vampire short stories)
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Post by Child of Immanuel on Oct 23, 2007 19:18:00 GMT -5
Interesting indeed.
I'm now reading The Story of Christianity by Justo Gonzales.
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