Re: Conlang Website

On Mon, 16 Oct 2000 00:36:39 -0400 Yoon Ha Lee <yl112@...>
writes:
> > My favourite part of the Bible is the letters, because they're so
> very
> > conversational - almost like reading email - and because the
> emotion and
> > earnestness behind them comes out so clearly ("Oh you dear idiots
> of
> I liked Psalms, Proverbs, and Revelation.  :-p  (I read the Song of
> Solomon in 4th grade--read the Bible straight through, in fact--and
> was
> completely confused....)  The letters intrigued me, but there's a
> lot
> about the culture involved that I still don't quite understand, and
> reading anything by Paul tends to make my teeth clench even when I
> agree
> with him.  <sigh>
-

I like the exciting historical books (Joshua, Judges, for instance) and
the poetic/poetry ones (Isaiah, Qohelet (Ecclesiastes?)) mostly.  I
actually have to decide soon whether to go home for this coming weekend
or stay up at college where i'll be able to hear my friend Rich chant
Qohelet in synagogue.  There's something about the tune, the way him and
his brother do it, and the content of the text that just go together very
beautifully.


-Stephen (Steg), who has to chant repetitious lists of sacrificial
animals for the next 4 days (yummy)