As an Old Testament scholar (that sounds so superior, trust me, it’s not) I can’t help but wish more people were interested in my subject matter. Groups of people gather regularly to discuss the meaning of Jesus: did he exist, what did he say, did he speak in red letters.
This confuses me, especially given our culture. Considering all the sex, gore, and violence in movies, you’d think the Hebrew Scriptures would have more appeal. Really, after the miracle myths stories, the New Testament is mostly made up of the rantings of some over zealous tent maker belaboring the meaning of discipleship. Oh, that and some dude who took what appears to be a bad LSD trip and then wrote it all down.
No, give me the Old Testament any day. Preferably, illustrated.
well, who woulda thunk it. Little Lego circumcision.
Maybe the New Testiment represents what Christians like to believe they can be and the Old Testiment represent what they are. Who likes to face that? I’m with you, give me the old time mayhem any day!
wait…I can’t spell…did you notice?
The Old testament is so fire and brimstone-an EYE for an EYE. It is the one that everyone disavows when you ask them if they literally believe what’s in the Bible.
Sky was asked to write a paper about the antithesis of Ghandi. He chose God, and cited several things from the Old Testament. Boy, did it get everyone in an uproar.
I’ll be the first to say that I plain don’t get most of the Old Testament. I’m not sure what it is supposed to mean to us today. I mean, do we pick and choose? Leviticus is not too popular anymore, although I did meet a guy who actually was opposed to catfish buffets…
Pie–ah, yes, the real reason I posted this. Heh…
Karan: I can’t spell either, so I doubt I would have noticed without being TOLD to look. 😉
Margaret and Michelle: My field is Lit Crit. So I tend to look at the OT as Literature–and how stories work and how we can deal with them theologically. So–from my point of view, there is a WHOLE lot of stuff (good!) that the OT has to say. However, I get that most people don’t get past the genocide (which, for the record is simple bravado crafted to ensure a common history for a people who had been oppressed and now found themselves free and in need of a “past” in which to base their future.) Yeah, see–that doesn’t sell like the gospel heh.
oh. my. god. it’s biblical lego rape. how odd. i’m totally using these things with my youth group. they’ll hate their new comments from me. ha.
i personally like the self-circumcision shot.
kat: *snort*–I figured you would appreciate this and put it to good use. What kills me, is how much of the text he’s actually recreated! However, this is PROOF that the DTR is interesting reading. 🙂
Thanks for sharing this. I don’t care if the guy is an Athiest. He captures the Old Testament via Legos perfectly. I haven’t had time yet to see if he’s covered Song of Solomon… now THAT would be funny…
*snicker*
No, thank you for sending me the link 😉
How much do you want those lego people? I want a Moses…and and Abraham. Oooh… wonder if he’ll ever do the rest of the DTR–because I’d love to have a Jezebel! Hee.
You should put a special request in for Jonah – that Lego whale would be impressive…
Oh, let’s face it–I’m never going to be able to out run that text. 🙂
And it wasn’t a whale. Ha h a ha ha ha ha
There wasn’t a Garden of Eden or an Adam & Eve – but that didn’t stop him from using his imagination… 😉
LOVE this site! Gonna blogroll this site!
Jesus was a radical duuuuude!
All that “begatting” is so boring, though, and there’s a lot of it. All that begatting but they yadda, yadda, yadda over the fun part.
There’s a guy on Slate magazine who’s been “blogging the bible” – OT. Have you read any of his posts?