interpretation

Beat until stiff and stand in the fridge

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Words do not carry immutable meaning as defined by an entry in a dictionary. Certainly, they bring core meaning with them, but words are moulded both by the words that accompany them and the stage on which they are placed. The whole is irremediably more than the sum of its parts. This is true of … Continue reading Beat until stiff and stand in the fridge

“The audience are literally electrified and glued to their seats”

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Having just watched A.N. Jacobs' TED talk on "The Year of Living Biblically", in which he tried to live out - literally - every one of the Bible's commands, I thought it a good moment to fire off a couple of thoughts on biblical interpretation. You see, a couple of Sundays ago we hit 1 … Continue reading “The audience are literally electrified and glued to their seats”