What Book Are You Reading? Volume 9

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What do you mean by 'original manuscripts?'

As mentioned, there are no original manuscripts (known as autograph in Christian theology), just copies of copies of, indeed, an originally oral tradition. Not surprising considering Jesus' eschatological views, which incorporated the expected 'end of the world' and the arrival of the Messiah, in accordance with Judaic tradition. As this obviously did not occur, a crisis ensued, eventually resulting in a non- and even anti-Jewish church and the establishment of canonic writings, including the four gospels and the letters and acts now present in most present-day bibles. More or less simultaneously, the church developed a patriarchical hierarchical organization, henceforth excluding women from leading positions, and an orthodox (i.e. righteous) doctrine, excluding dissenting views - such as those practised by the gnostics - as heretic. (In a nutshell.)

The Dead Sea scrolls shed a different light on Jesus, as many non-canonical (i.e. apocryphical) gospels did, for instance as concerns his being either human or divine, having a divine and human person, or being entirely divine (to name but a few).

So, in essence, Masada and Cheezy the Wiz are correct.
 
Just read The Road, it was an excellent book but I found it very frustrating not knowing what the catastrophe was. I'm guessing a nuclear winter.
 
In the middle of Stanislaw Lem's Star Diaries... very humorous :).

Just a month ago I've read his Futurological Congress and it was delightful experience. I like his mockery style.
 
Anybody want to tell me if Confessions of an Economic Hitman is any good? Sounds like it might be but it was checked out so I got The Globalizers instead. Its a short introduction to how the IMF and World Bank work, hopefully not too dry.
 
An Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen
 
The Habsburg Monarchy - Robin Okey
 
The Book of Basketball - Bill Simmons
 
I recently finished To Kill A Mockingbird. It was really good, and it makes me want to watch the movie again.

Before that, I read Slaughterhouse-Five.
 
Is it as awesomely awesome as I imagine it is?
It has been full of the epic lulz! And I now know more about Bill Russell than I ever thought!

It is also huge. :eek:
 
It has been full of the epic lulz! And I now know more about Bill Russell than I ever thought!
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It is also huge. :eek:
Bill Simmons said:
In Bristol, I made a cameo on "SportsNation," where they shot my book with two different guns. The book stopped the first bullet on page 552. The second gun blew it away. I vaguely remember making a joke about climbing on a limo like Jackie O to pick up the pieces of the pages, followed by Michelle Beadle quickly changing the subject. I should not be allowed on live TV.
 
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