Eccentric Flower:199810/jacob again and those who read

fifteen october ninety eight midnight

jacob again, and those who read

I had to post a revised version of the Jacob story. I made a factual goof near the end, which is what happens when you write late at night. Also I read the whole Jacob part again, Genesis 25-37, in my old KJV (I generally only read chunks of it, as a supporting text) and found out that Isaac lives the whole way through, which my other Bible book didn't mention! So much for deathbed blessings!

I've got to find a good theology book, one that's readable by humans but which takes the Bible point by point and addresses some of its weirdnesses and (forgive the term) plot holes. The story of Joseph has a whole bunch, as a friend pointed out in email; maybe I'll do that one next time - if there's ever a next time.

No one screamed in anguish, so you either liked it, didn't read it, or weren't really impressed by it one way or another.

I know that sometimes I write for people who won't be reading it. For some reason I often find myself inserting bits of prose into my work for Diane's benefit or Al's, which is sorta ironic since they are two of the members of the little bitty Thinking Aloud ring who don't read these pages. (Nor does Beth. Anita reads it in fits and starts but stays caught up; Dianne and Kymm read it daily. Did I get everyone right?)

There will be some new additions to the ring soon. I've been busy. Yes, admittedly some of that was me telling Bible stories, but what's your point?

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