Paula Gooder
Autor(a) de The Meaning is in the Waiting: The Spirit of Advent
About the Author
Paula Gooder is currently the Chancellor of St. Paul's Cathedral in London, a visiting lecturer at King's College, and travels throughout North America and Europe leading workshops and inspiring Christians to deepen and express their faith in new ways.
Obras de Paula Gooder
Associated Works
Biblical Interpretation and Method: Essays in Honour of John Barton (2013) — Contribuinte — 7 cópias
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Conhecimento Comum
- Outros nomes
- Gooder, Paula R.
- Data de nascimento
- 1969
- Sexo
- female
- Nacionalidade
- UK
- Local de nascimento
- Manchester, England, UK
- Educação
- University of Oxford (Worcester College|BA ∙ Theology ∙ 1992)
University of Oxford (Queen's College|DivPhil ∙ Theology ∙ 1998)
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- Obras
- 35
- Also by
- 1
- Membros
- 767
- Popularidade
- #33,179
- Avaliação
- 3.6
- Resenhas
- 6
- ISBNs
- 83
- Idiomas
- 2
One thing that Gooder has done rather well is develop an historical summary of where the various books of the bible fit into contemporary history and the various genres of books such as Law, history, worship (Psalms) prophecy, wisdom teaching, apocalyptic, gospels letters, sermons. She also does rather well in drawing attention to the various forms of the Hebrew Bible, and the various versions of the bible that include or exclude the Apocrypha, and other books. Also, in drawing attention to the problems of translation with Mary being translated as either a "young woman" or a "virgin"....with massive consequences for how Mary might be treated by the various religions.
I must say, that I often wondered why the King James version of the bible simply sounded better (to my ear) that many of the modern translations. Was it because, I had grown up with it and learned passages by heart...or was it something intrinsic. Gooder points out that the it was designed to be read out aloud and so the translators sat about reading to each other and picking the version that sounded the best. They even used archaic words at the time if it sounded good. (So such words are truly archaic today).
I was surprised that she does not speculate very much (if at all) about who actually penned most of the old testament. I have read suggestions that is was women (maybe several women ) who put together the texts after the exile in Babylon or during it. This might not be so unusual as, in Japan, the Tales of the Genji" were written by women...who were educated and had time on their hands.
Anyway, bottom line is that Gooder has done a fairly good job (in keeping with her name) of presenting a reasonably introduction for beginners to the bible. I might try and get my son to read it (the bible) as it is such an important book in our culture and history...but it's a bit hard to slug your way through Leviticus or Numbers. I give it three stars.… (mais)