tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2991243497567962852.post3939241694509517349..comments2024-03-26T01:18:41.528-04:00Comments on Bonnie's Books: The First Paul ~ Borg and Crossan, 2009Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2991243497567962852.post-49303011521683789602009-09-22T10:01:19.902-04:002009-09-22T10:01:19.902-04:00I'm glad it was helpful, Diana. I've adde...I'm glad it was helpful, Diana. I've added a footnote to this post, about hearing Crossan last year:<br /><br /><i>Crossan touched on some of these ideas last year, when he lectured on empires and the moral and ethical call to oppose unjust superpowers. At that time his most recent book was <b>God and Empire</b>. Here's where you can read that short report:</i><br /><br />http://bonniesbooks.blogspot.com/2008/04/saturday-i-met-another-author.htmlBonnie Jacobshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07813549471704485150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2991243497567962852.post-56340617430495839342009-09-22T09:32:25.194-04:002009-09-22T09:32:25.194-04:00Thank you Bonnie! My notes were not very thorough...Thank you Bonnie! My notes were not very thorough from the lectures, and your review clarified several things... Donna, when you wrote "Rock" I was reminded of being in Athens and seeing a large rocky hilltop just below the Acropolis. According to legend, Paul taught on that rock.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00557592591231197309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2991243497567962852.post-24289909804923052572009-09-22T07:29:15.504-04:002009-09-22T07:29:15.504-04:00Thanks, Donna.Thanks, Donna.Bonnie Jacobshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07813549471704485150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2991243497567962852.post-65178955967500639202009-09-22T07:09:51.803-04:002009-09-22T07:09:51.803-04:00Since I attended this same lecture after reading t...Since I attended this same lecture after reading this excellent book, I concluded that Paul should have been the "Rock" on which the church was built instead of Peter. Poor Paul has gotten a rotten deal for all these centuries! Paul was truly the radical follower of Jesus that the world needed and needs. <br />Excellent review, Bonnie.Donnanoreply@blogger.com