I went Scriptourer and was going to leave a comment on the Genesis piece, but was unable to do that without creating a profile. So I’ll leave it here:
This was magnificent, Adrian. I listened to your recording of this article, which really brings it to life. Interestingly, the letter “b” in both Hebrew and Arabic is a preposition meaning “in”; and Muslim and Jewish scholars in the middle ages drew parallels to the fact that both the opening of the Torah (beresheet) and Qur’an (bismallah) open with it.
Fantastic point, Daniel. If you could unsubscribe/resubscribe and post there that would be fab! Would love to keep this convo going in situ.
I could waffle on about this for hours. In fact, probably did when exploring the parallels between the openings of Genesis and John! But, yes ‘in’ as also in incarnation expresses perfectly not only the breaking in of the divine but something like the b sounds associated with emergent life expressed in a baby’s first use of the lips.
I went Scriptourer and was going to leave a comment on the Genesis piece, but was unable to do that without creating a profile. So I’ll leave it here:
This was magnificent, Adrian. I listened to your recording of this article, which really brings it to life. Interestingly, the letter “b” in both Hebrew and Arabic is a preposition meaning “in”; and Muslim and Jewish scholars in the middle ages drew parallels to the fact that both the opening of the Torah (beresheet) and Qur’an (bismallah) open with it.
Fantastic point, Daniel. If you could unsubscribe/resubscribe and post there that would be fab! Would love to keep this convo going in situ.
I could waffle on about this for hours. In fact, probably did when exploring the parallels between the openings of Genesis and John! But, yes ‘in’ as also in incarnation expresses perfectly not only the breaking in of the divine but something like the b sounds associated with emergent life expressed in a baby’s first use of the lips.
Looking forward as always, Adrian!
I will be reading, as long as I am able to access., Adrian.
Thanks for the ongoing engagement, Mary.