Tag Archives: textual criticism

Book Review: The Treason Of Isengard

Posted on November 26, 2019 by

The Treason Of Isengard (The History Of The Lord Of the Rings:  Part Two), by J.R.R. Tolkien It is remarkable just how little of this book has to do with the Treason of Isengard.  Although I am very familiar with … Continue reading →

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How To Contend With The Devil:  Lessons From Jude :9

Posted on November 25, 2019 by

How does one win an argument with the devil?  We have previously seen in face to face interactions that God and Jesus Christ were able to defeat Satan without any great difficulty.  Nevertheless, we ought to be aware of our … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Complete Idiot’s Guide To The World Of Narnia

Posted on September 25, 2019 by

The Complete Idiot’s Guide To The World Of Narnia, by James S. Bell Jr. and Cheryl Dunlop For the record, my favorite book of the Chronicles of Narnia is A Horse And His Boy [1], a book that has always … Continue reading →

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On The Misuses Of Duality And Allegory In Biblical Interpretation

Posted on September 11, 2019 by

One of the people I follow on Academia.org regularly writes and self-publishes papers that seek to argue that X personage in the Bible really referred to some other person Y who shared some sort of qualities with him.  And so … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Aesthetics Of Thomas Aquinas

Posted on September 5, 2019 by

The Aesthetics Of Thomas Aquinas, by Umberto Eco This book happens to have been the author’s first book, and while it was a book whose contents were deeply interesting to me, they are not the sort of contents that I … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Making Sense Of The Bible

Posted on June 28, 2019 by

Making Sense Of The Bible:  Rediscovering The Power Of Scripture Today, by Adam Hamilton After having read a variety of this sort of book [1], I have come to the conclusion that such a book is inevitably going to be … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Literary Essays Of Thomas Merton

Posted on June 21, 2019 by

The Literary Essays Of Thomas Merton, by Thomas Merton While I cannot imagine this book ever becoming a popular sort of volume to read, nor do I fully agree with the author’s sometimes off-putting “woke” perspective on politics and his … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Poems And Stories (J.R.R. Tolkien)

Posted on May 11, 2019 by

Poems And Stories, by J.R.R. Tolkien Admittedly, I had read most of these materials before in other works and while I found them perfectly alright, I was unsure if reading them again would be a bit of a letdown.  In … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Pale Fire

Posted on April 12, 2019 by

Pale Fire, by Vladimir Nabokov There are some writers whose creativity is so great and whose way of writing and thinking are so elusive that they become classic authors of all-time works without others being able to get a good … Continue reading →

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Criticism Is A River That Flows Both Ways

Posted on March 16, 2019 by

One of the most profound ironies in a life that has shown many profound ironies is that I have devoted so much time and effort to developing and practicing and perfecting the art of criticism while being a person who … Continue reading →

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