Joshua's Stone at Shechem
I had Bible study again last night. This time it was a topic of my choosing and I chose the Book of Joshua- not knowing it's degree of bloodiness or the extent to which Joshua and the Hebrews committed copious acts of genocide as they pursued their five year conquest of the Holy Land. (For an alternate translation of Joshua, see here). The director of our school attended also. As a gracious guest, she brought fruit (though I, as an ungracious host, didn't eat any). They are using polyploidy on the grapes here to make them the size of golf balls and then they coat them in pesticides. Even Koreans don't eat the skins, choosing to peel them instead. I swear to God (Jehovah?) the first time I saw them I was convinced they were plums-- especially after I saw the skin removed to reveal a yellowy interior. Next week, our Semitic slayfest continues as we delve into the Indiana Jonesesque adventure of "Elijah: and the Prophets of Ba'al!" ( I Kings, Chapter 18).
Elijah and the Prophets of Ba'al
Image from woodcut by German artist Julius Schnorr
(published 1860)
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