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Can someone please explain to me how the Q source theory is more viable than the account given by Papias of Hierapolis? The synoptic Gospels cover a lot of the same territory, but...they don't do it verbatim, they do it in different styles, and except for Luke (which was the only Gospel not written by one of Christ's direct disciples), in very Hebraic syntax and style, which evinces a translation (Harold Bloom criticized the literary merit of the Gospels precisely because they feel like they are clumsily written by in Greek in the style and syntax of Hebrew or Aramaic)....
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Bueller?
>>7570131
https://clyp.it/2ff22f1w
>>7570131
Fishermen dont have "Mark" "Luke" and "Matthew"'s masterful knowledge of Greek. And yes I reject speaking in tongues.
But since your arguments in previous threads show that you actually consider the Bible a non-biased truthful source and make excuses for contradictory phrasing and evidence, and since you are willing to overturn rooted scholarly theory on the authority fragments of a highly biased second century source, there isn't much purpose in the thread.
Ive...
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Are there any other literature forums that aren't meant for the scrub lifestyle and also integrate dankmemeing as part of their board culture (or at least aren't pretentious with forced and contrived discussion)?
>>7570068
>are there any other
>implying
>>7570523
>reviving this shitty thread
>>7570068
No because most other literary forums tend to not be so meta aware of their memes. Go create your own sekret club fagoo
Thoughts on pic related?
Cover looks cool, but dealing with PTSD makes me wary of picking it up.
Can anybody identify the titles of the following books? These are the best picture I can get.
>>7570016
One is God's Rule by Patricia Crone. Not sure on the study Bible.
MACHO WEE STUICY BIBLĂ
CMON MAN GOOS PLAIT
Not OP, but if anyone can also identify this I'd be immensely grateful. Ayoade was reading it on Travel Man and I'm curious to see what he reads for fun.
Can someone tell me a good place where I can find free books?
I cant seem to find this one
bump for interest
preferably pdfs
>>7569971
What other kind of format a book can be?
>>7569983
daisy
epub
Do any of you guys enjoy Superfluous Man characters? I feel like they are even more relevant today.
They would be if anyone could write one well today. I think the problem is we all became oblomov and so no one can write about it from an outside perspective. it'd be like trying to make yourself a convincing character in a novel.
>>7569904
I have yet to read Oblomov yet but from what I understand is a much nicer character then Pechorin?
>>7569904
/r/lewronggeneration
What sites do you use for an analysis of a book you just read? Sparknotes and cliffnotes seem to come up first on google searches, but I'm hoping there is something better out there.
>>7569790
>What sites do you use for an analysis of a book you just read?
i use this neat thing calledmy brain
>>7569798
I'm not as patrician as you. I didn't start with the greeks so I don't understand any of the symbolic references so well.
>>7569820
you won't be able to think deeply about something unless you practice. the best thing is to take a literary analysis class or have someone like a friend read the book and compare what you each took from it. assuming both of those are impossible for you you can try to google specific commentaries.
http://oyc.yale.edu/english/engl-300
I linked a free course that may help you.
Could anyone recommend some books to give me context for the myths in Ovid's Metamorphoses?
You don't need context bro
>>7569692
If you're interested in ovid's metamorphosis, this isn't bad.
Though -- if your Australian, you almost defiantly read it in Aussie lit.
Needless to say, it's a pretty easy read, but there's defiantly some good stuff in there
>>7569729
I want it tho ;___;
>>7569676
Nice haircut.
The only worthwhile Canadian intellectual.
How does one stay informed within the realms of contemporary literature?
Are you part of any comunity, online or otherwise, aside from /lit/?
It goes without saying that every great piece of writing ever to be published, was once in the contemporary, so it also goes without saying that our currant contemporary should be no different.
Personally, I mainly read books published between 1960-2000, which I class, in my own mind, to be semi-contemporary, but I'd own very few books post Y2K.
How can you justify reading something contemporary, of questionable...
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Read the classics until you are 50.
Chapter 1: Elf in the apple
In such a starry night in New York City, James Peterson thought to himself that he had seen everything he wanted to see in his life. What was left? Nothing, nothing but silly thoughts from his childhood. He had seen everything he wanted to see -- the natural wonders of the world, joy and admiration in his friends's and relatives's faces, love in the eyes of beautiful ladies, and much more. What else could he ask for? Nothing, nothing at all, except silly things from his childhood.
He was not alone. He was with his friend, Alley...
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>>7569500
-Cut the crap, James, I'm not here to fall for one of your practical jokes. I really think my next movie will be a big one, you should -- but Alley couldn't even finish his sentence before James interrupted him again.
-I really think you should respect me, Alley. No? You know, we're friends, and when a friend tells you about his childhood, you... listen. With careful attention. With extra careful attention and focus. And love. Love is beautiful, no? It's what they showered me with when I was a kid... but back then I knew not what love was, oh no I didn't, and so I buried myself in those fantasy books.
-James... are you alright? This is starting to get weird -- Alley was faking a laughter, trying to put an end to a most strange situation.
-I AM ALRIGHT, ALLEY! JUST DON'T INTERRUPT ME WHEN I'M TALKING ABOUT MY CHILDHOOD, MAN! I AM AN ADULT NOW!!
Alley was in shock. The whole teahouse was staring at them. James appeared nervous, he was sweating, but grinning. Suddenly, he screamed again.
-ALLEY YOU KNOW NOT EVERY MAN HAS THE CHANCE TO THINK ABOUT HIS CHILDHOOD, DON'T YOU, YOU MOTHERFUCKER? YOU THINK I'M FUCKING PLAYING WITH YOU, MAN? PLAY WITH MY FUCKING FACE, I FUCKING DARE YOU FUCK.
At this point, two men from a table across the room started shouting at James, telling him to shut up and leave the Teahouse. A waitress nervously approached James and asked him to leave the place. Alley was also told to leave, but what he really wanted to do was to disappear completely from the face of the earth, to bury his head in the ground. The embarrassment was too much.
James looked back at the waitress.
-Oh, I'll sue you. You can't tell me to leave an establishment like that just because I was shouting. It's not fair. What if I was deaf or couldn't control my voice? Think about that, sweetheart.
The waitress stared at him in confusion, and couldn't manage to mumble any words before James got up and left the place. Alley picked up his hat and covered his face with it, and left the place immediately after James, without saying a word.
>>7569505
As soon as Alley left the teahouse, he felt someone grabbing his arm. It was James.
-Where are you going, boy?
-I don't want to talk to you anymore, man, that was emba-- Alley was so nervous he couldn't even finish his sentence. He couldn't believe what was happening to him. He had always been very shy, and what had just happened seemed to him like some kind of disaster. Worse yet, it had reminded him of a few bad things from his own childhood.
-You should've let me talk about my...
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bump
please review
So, what do you think about her, /lit/?
>>7569416
I have tried, but I can't (Woman). She sounded distrought and desperate. Why she turned to Catholicism is also a mystery to me. She was Jewish. And despite her conversion, she got deported to Auzschwitz and died there.
>>7569445
>I have tried, but I can't (Woman). She sounded distrought and desperate.
what do you mean?
> And despite her conversion, she got deported to Auzschwitz and died there.
not surprising, a lot of Catholics were killed in the holocaust
>>7569445
Jews were killed because of their ethnicity
I didn't read a single book that came out last year. Did I miss anything or is there really not a single good one worth recommending? 2015 literature pls recommend.
The Jamaican fag's novel about the pothead singer getting shot is supposed to be pretty good. But I haven't read it so I don't know,
>>7569372
Tom McCarthy's Satin Island was pretty good
Are there any nihilist philosophers in the sense of "will to nothingness" rather than "it means nothing"?
>>7569317
I'd argue we start to see this in the later Freud. Beyond the Pleasure Principle pushes in this direction.
>>7569354
todestrieb
>>7569354
Is this worth reading unprepared?
What are some weird and surreal plays I should read?
>>7569292
Why do you want to read a play? They're meant to be watched, silly.
Heathers is good, though the movie was better.
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
>>7569304
I have to present a script in my acting class for other people to do a short scene from. It will eventually be watched, but first read.
