tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post4295965399294862828..comments2023-10-30T08:00:54.059-04:00Comments on Laurel's Leaves: Scapegoats, girded loins and other weird idioms from the BibleLaurel Garverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03657218435228802535noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-78829516004552416332016-10-15T23:43:45.660-04:002016-10-15T23:43:45.660-04:00I knew these, but it's good to see them again ...I knew these, but it's good to see them again and re-think how I might use them. I remember the first time I saw the girding one's loins picture too and it made so much more sense. As a kid, I pictured something different and . . . unfortunately, worse. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08758645909554257089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-83000917802713646122016-09-27T12:35:55.078-04:002016-09-27T12:35:55.078-04:00Cool image, isn't it? I think I'd seen som...Cool image, isn't it? I think I'd seen something similar in a Sunday school workbook when I was a kid. Laurel Garverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03657218435228802535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-45448614202381496602016-09-26T08:54:11.639-04:002016-09-26T08:54:11.639-04:00I knew all of these, but it was the first time I s...I knew all of these, but it was the first time I saw an image of how girding one's loins used to look. :-DMisha Gerrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06364173848456424521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-64674199821134940522016-09-24T11:30:12.866-04:002016-09-24T11:30:12.866-04:00It does seem like making allusions of any kind is ...It does seem like making allusions of any kind is getting tricker in a globalized world, where any sense of "canon" that everyone ought to know is pretty much going out the window. The more one makes a twist on the original, the tougher it is for the audience to pick it up, so I doubt I'd have seen that allusion either! :-)Laurel Garverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03657218435228802535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-78346362552990942622016-09-24T08:29:33.496-04:002016-09-24T08:29:33.496-04:00When I was in college (University of California), ...When I was in college (University of California), my professors frequently had to explain these allusions to students because there was very little familiarity with the Bible. And sometimes the allusions are hard to catch because writers are trying to avoid cliche. I remember one lecture where a professor pointed out that a cuckoo clock sounding was an allusion to the cock crowing after Peter denied Christ. That one had totally gone over my head.Connie Kellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10774616533630985219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-71914576862196961582016-09-23T15:36:10.025-04:002016-09-23T15:36:10.025-04:00Thanks, Deniz! It seems that increasingly the cult...Thanks, Deniz! It seems that increasingly the culture at large is less and less familiar with the Bible as literature, though it's hard to understand most literary classics without some familiarity. Indeed, it's a great graphic. I'd seen someone use it on Twitter for Motivation Monday and knew I had to share it.Laurel Garverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03657218435228802535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263988256560129564.post-17094040135069351972016-09-23T08:51:37.194-04:002016-09-23T08:51:37.194-04:00Ooh, great idea for a blog post. I knew all of the...Ooh, great idea for a blog post. I knew all of these, but I'd never actually seen what it meant to gird one's actual loins -- love that diagram!Deniz Bevanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17134553551048836979noreply@blogger.com