Saturday, June 23, 2007
Son of Laughter by Frederich Buechner
About Jacob in a wonderful earthy style, faithful to the scriptural texts, brings out subtle references almost certainly true. I may never read the stories again without being influenced by this writing. The Patriarchs lose none of their awesomeness but gain back their humanity. Traits buried in the text under the dust of years and culture and not a little ethnic laziness are dusted off and the real sweaty striving Jacob stands forth. The one who fought with God. Great writing.
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I agree with everything you mentioned. Just like to add that it really brought home to me how very much Jacob was dependent on God to reveal himself daily, having no written scriptures whatsoever. Different from our situation today - or maybe not as much as we might think.
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