Noah was released into U.S. theaters in a year that saw a much-remarked spate of religious movies... more Noah was released into U.S. theaters in a year that saw a much-remarked spate of religious movies, including Son of God, Heaven Is for Real, and the low-budget evangelical sleeper hit God's Not Dead. But unlike these three films, Noah is not aimed at what some analysts have identified as the "underserved" Christian market. Drawing from the Book of Genesis as well as apocryphal sources like the Book of Enoch, Aranofsky retells the story of Noah as a fable about consumer capitalism and its headlong rush toward irreversible ecological disaster. Aranofsky's flood is clearly meant to call our attention to the rising sea levels and melting icecaps that attend global warming, but the director also wants audiences to see the ideology that blinds people to this threat. To that end, he presents the conflict between Tubal-Cain (Ray Winstone) and Noah (Russell Crowe) as a theological critique of neoliberalism. Tubal-Cain speaks the language of rights and freedoms so often employed by the Christian Right, but in Noah, that language is identified as the language of Satan. Noah represents the environmentalist's position taken to an absurd extreme, prepared to murder a child in order to remove the blight of humanity from God's perfect creation. Because of its creative use of sources and its interpolation of modern ideas onto ancient stories, college teachers can rely on Noah to provoke classroom discussions on environmental ethics, Bible as allegory, and the scriptural canon.
A COMMON RESPONSE of those who undertake a close reading of 1 and 2 Samuel is to observe the dich... more A COMMON RESPONSE of those who undertake a close reading of 1 and 2 Samuel is to observe the dichotomy between the David of the more positive affirmations of the biblical text, the church and synagogue, and the charac ter of the man David who appears in that narrative. 1 David is called a man of Yahweh's own choosing (1 Sam 13:14), and he is given such honorific titles as the servant of Yahweh (2 Sam 3:18; 7:5, 8, 26) and the anointed of Yahweh (2 Sam 12:7; 22:51; 23:1). The NT is equally eulogistic regarding David (Luke 20:41; Acts 13:22-36). Yet, despite these positive statements, the narratives in 1 and 2 Samuel paint a very different portrait of him. Recent scholars have underlined that narrative's criticism of David for his ruthless political ambition and his ineptitude in family relationships, 2 both of which impinge on each other. 3 1 The literature on this point is extensive, and the scholarly path is well worn.
Ag 2:5a pose de nombreuses difficultés au niveau de sa critique tex-tuelle et authenticité, de sa... more Ag 2:5a pose de nombreuses difficultés au niveau de sa critique tex-tuelle et authenticité, de sa relation à son contexte, et de sa traduction, son sens et son but. Ayant évalué plusieurs hypothèses concernant divers aspects de ce texte, l'A. considère que 2:5a est une interpolation, rajoutée à 2:4-5, dont le but était d'expliciter l'attitude d'Aggée face à deux sujets de débat de l'époque : le statut de l'alliance du Sinaï et de l'esprit de Yahvé. L'interpolation souligne que, selon la pensée d'Aggée, l'alliance du Sinaï restait en vigueur et n'était pas supprimée par une nouvelle alliance, et que la présence de l'esprit de Yahvé n'impliquait pas que l'ère eschatologique était déjà arrivée. L'auteur de l'interpolation aurait fait partie d'un cercle proche du prophète Aggée, travaillant après la rédaction princi-pale du livre, mais néanmoins assez tôt dans l'époque perse.
Noah was released into U.S. theaters in a year that saw a much-remarked spate of religious movies... more Noah was released into U.S. theaters in a year that saw a much-remarked spate of religious movies, including Son of God, Heaven Is for Real, and the low-budget evangelical sleeper hit God's Not Dead. But unlike these three films, Noah is not aimed at what some analysts have identified as the "underserved" Christian market. Drawing from the Book of Genesis as well as apocryphal sources like the Book of Enoch, Aranofsky retells the story of Noah as a fable about consumer capitalism and its headlong rush toward irreversible ecological disaster. Aranofsky's flood is clearly meant to call our attention to the rising sea levels and melting icecaps that attend global warming, but the director also wants audiences to see the ideology that blinds people to this threat. To that end, he presents the conflict between Tubal-Cain (Ray Winstone) and Noah (Russell Crowe) as a theological critique of neoliberalism. Tubal-Cain speaks the language of rights and freedoms so often employed by the Christian Right, but in Noah, that language is identified as the language of Satan. Noah represents the environmentalist's position taken to an absurd extreme, prepared to murder a child in order to remove the blight of humanity from God's perfect creation. Because of its creative use of sources and its interpolation of modern ideas onto ancient stories, college teachers can rely on Noah to provoke classroom discussions on environmental ethics, Bible as allegory, and the scriptural canon.
A COMMON RESPONSE of those who undertake a close reading of 1 and 2 Samuel is to observe the dich... more A COMMON RESPONSE of those who undertake a close reading of 1 and 2 Samuel is to observe the dichotomy between the David of the more positive affirmations of the biblical text, the church and synagogue, and the charac ter of the man David who appears in that narrative. 1 David is called a man of Yahweh's own choosing (1 Sam 13:14), and he is given such honorific titles as the servant of Yahweh (2 Sam 3:18; 7:5, 8, 26) and the anointed of Yahweh (2 Sam 12:7; 22:51; 23:1). The NT is equally eulogistic regarding David (Luke 20:41; Acts 13:22-36). Yet, despite these positive statements, the narratives in 1 and 2 Samuel paint a very different portrait of him. Recent scholars have underlined that narrative's criticism of David for his ruthless political ambition and his ineptitude in family relationships, 2 both of which impinge on each other. 3 1 The literature on this point is extensive, and the scholarly path is well worn.
Ag 2:5a pose de nombreuses difficultés au niveau de sa critique tex-tuelle et authenticité, de sa... more Ag 2:5a pose de nombreuses difficultés au niveau de sa critique tex-tuelle et authenticité, de sa relation à son contexte, et de sa traduction, son sens et son but. Ayant évalué plusieurs hypothèses concernant divers aspects de ce texte, l'A. considère que 2:5a est une interpolation, rajoutée à 2:4-5, dont le but était d'expliciter l'attitude d'Aggée face à deux sujets de débat de l'époque : le statut de l'alliance du Sinaï et de l'esprit de Yahvé. L'interpolation souligne que, selon la pensée d'Aggée, l'alliance du Sinaï restait en vigueur et n'était pas supprimée par une nouvelle alliance, et que la présence de l'esprit de Yahvé n'impliquait pas que l'ère eschatologique était déjà arrivée. L'auteur de l'interpolation aurait fait partie d'un cercle proche du prophète Aggée, travaillant après la rédaction princi-pale du livre, mais néanmoins assez tôt dans l'époque perse.
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