tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925011239177942231.post8360692108572084982..comments2024-03-04T10:47:31.894-08:00Comments on The Textual Mechanic: Long-Lasting Autographs of the BibleTimothy N. Mitchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10696299768205488795noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925011239177942231.post-48066419114502923142020-06-12T22:18:17.176-07:002020-06-12T22:18:17.176-07:00That's such a wonderful quote, thank you. I do...That's such a wonderful quote, thank you. I do enjoy sitting down and reading from the great thinkers of the past.Timothy N. Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10696299768205488795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925011239177942231.post-48251993810391097352020-06-12T18:13:34.839-07:002020-06-12T18:13:34.839-07:00Nothing new under the sun? Nice reminder of older ...Nothing new under the sun? Nice reminder of older scholars. This calls to mind Lydia Mcgrew's comments thanking her husband in her book, The Mirror or the Mask, p. x: "He has taught me to love older writers who faced similar objections and wrong-headed theories and answered them long ago. He has taught me that we read to know that we are not alone and that the democracy of the dead and the communion of saints have a better right to a voice in our councils than the temporary consensus of those who happen to be on earth at the same time as ourselves."Stephen Mitchellhttp://unionchapel.orgnoreply@blogger.com