Brief Thoughts after reading “Why the Bible Began,” by Jacob Wright (2023)
Defeated populations viewed their subjugation as a source of shame… opting instead to extol the golden ages of the past… The thread that ties together [the Hebrew Bible] is a question that was trailblazing at the time: What does it mean to be a people? -J. Wright
Pro Social Justice Thoughts on (Re)Reading James
“But I wonder if squelching James’exhortations about the poor and rich – its pre-pro-union and pre-social justice verses – may be of particular concern to preachers and Christian leaders today.”