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I got to read Apocrypha the first time ever in my life in my Biblical Interpretation class. So what is "Apocrypha"? It is from the Greek word ἀπόκρυφα, any collection of scriptural texts that falls outside the canon (Wikipedia). I think Catholics still use it (total of 6 volumes) as their secondary scriptural readings. Even thought the authenticity of the writings is questionable, I thought maybe the knowledge could be thought provoking and who knows, it might possibly even be good for scripts?! =p At least that's the feeling I got tonight when I was reading this portion of the apocrypha written on "Bel and the Dragon." It comprises of 3 different modified parts of the Bible stories which are the 70 priests of Bel, the dragon, and Habakkuk who helped Daniel who were being thrown into the lion's den, into this tale.
As a class, the professor wanted us to select one out of the four possible key phrases that most explain the structural relationship. I thought the answer was obvious... but when we were walking to different corners representing our choices, I was sooo shocked that I was alone at the back of the corner which I thought the answer was. So we got three corners all stood up by one person whereas one corner was packed with five people. Turned out that I got the correct answer! lol The professor jokingly stated that the only female student in class got it right! =)
Maybe I'm somewhat trained in Chinese cultures to easily identify the 'correct answer'... but anyhow, I think the concept of evangelism/conversion is embedded deeply inside of me that it just captures my heart right away. The problem with the tale was revolved around the king who doesn't seem to believe that God is God and even publicly professed that there's no deceit in Bel. Thus when he finally claims that there's no one like our living God, this is such a pivot... a turning point in his life that I can't help but evidently claim that this is the key phrase!! Well, in actuality, Daniel's reputation was another clue; sth I didn't pick up before Debbie mentioned it.
There're so many books that I wanna dig into once when I'm not as occupied as I am now. I really began to fall in love with theologies. The Words of God are so profound and RICH! =)
I got to read Apocrypha the first time ever in my life in my Biblical Interpretation class. So what is "Apocrypha"? It is from the Greek word ἀπόκρυφα, any collection of scriptural texts that falls outside the canon (Wikipedia). I think Catholics still use it (total of 6 volumes) as their secondary scriptural readings. Even thought the authenticity of the writings is questionable, I thought maybe the knowledge could be thought provoking and who knows, it might possibly even be good for scripts?! =p At least that's the feeling I got tonight when I was reading this portion of the apocrypha written on "Bel and the Dragon." It comprises of 3 different modified parts of the Bible stories which are the 70 priests of Bel, the dragon, and Habakkuk who helped Daniel who were being thrown into the lion's den, into this tale.
As a class, the professor wanted us to select one out of the four possible key phrases that most explain the structural relationship. I thought the answer was obvious... but when we were walking to different corners representing our choices, I was sooo shocked that I was alone at the back of the corner which I thought the answer was. So we got three corners all stood up by one person whereas one corner was packed with five people. Turned out that I got the correct answer! lol The professor jokingly stated that the only female student in class got it right! =)
Maybe I'm somewhat trained in Chinese cultures to easily identify the 'correct answer'... but anyhow, I think the concept of evangelism/conversion is embedded deeply inside of me that it just captures my heart right away. The problem with the tale was revolved around the king who doesn't seem to believe that God is God and even publicly professed that there's no deceit in Bel. Thus when he finally claims that there's no one like our living God, this is such a pivot... a turning point in his life that I can't help but evidently claim that this is the key phrase!! Well, in actuality, Daniel's reputation was another clue; sth I didn't pick up before Debbie mentioned it.
There're so many books that I wanna dig into once when I'm not as occupied as I am now. I really began to fall in love with theologies. The Words of God are so profound and RICH! =)
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