Tag: Hero

• Jonah – A Good-Fun Read

  The little book called “Jonah” shows us that the Old Testament, or Hebrew Bible, really can be a ‘good read’, especially if understood in a common sense, down-to-earth way. It wasn’t written by God, and shouldn’t be approached with literal woodenness, and kill-joy solemnity. But even it were, Psalm 2:4 tells us that, “In heaven…

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  21st Sep 2022

  Christianity, Hebrew Bible, Literature, Mythology, Old Testament, Poetry, Religion

  Hebrew Bible, Hero, Humour, Imagination, Israel, Jonah, Old Testament, Poseidon, Prophets, Stories

• Rethinking Jesus (04) The Hero’s Journey

  After Jesus was baptised by John , what happened next? We’re told that he took himself off into the ‘wilderness’ for the standard biblical “forty days and forty nights”, (meaning a long, but indeterminate time), during which he was both menaced by “wild beasts” and also protected by “angels”. He was also subjected, by the…

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  28th Jan 2022

  Christianity, Jesus of Nazareth, Literature, Mythology, New Testament, Poetry, Religion

  Archetypes, Devil, Gospels, Hero, Jesus, Joseph Campbell, Myth