In the preface to this book, William P. Brown states “. . . I have sought to bring the ancient Scriptures to life and through them to point the reader toward new imaginings, new ways of reading biblical texts, even those texts that remain ‘dead and buried’ in their familiarity.” From my reading of
I believe Brown accomplished what he set out to do. Sacred Sense helps readers to find that place where the wonder, surprise and mystery of the Bible speaks.
This is a book that addresses a neglected need within the Christian community. We need help to read the Bible. It is not that we need to create time to read God’s Word. We do need to make time to read but our primary need is to get beyond the “dead and the buried, ” the familiar and imposing our agenda on the scriptures. In
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Brown is deeply aware that “The Bible is read and used (and abused) in so many ways: to find answers to pressing questions, prove a point, win an argument, formulate dogma, reconstruct ancient history, get rich, induce shame, and, most tragically, promote violence and justify oppression.” In
Brown practices a “more fundamental, life-giving reason for reading the Bible – to cultivate a sense of wonder about God, the world, others and ourselves.”
In reading the Bible with an eye for wonder, Brown invites us to participate in “…reading with readiness for surprise and in the process raising ‘wonderings’ – questions and ponderings that stir the imagination and generate thinking, without leading necessarily to one way of understanding the text.”
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Gives us a rich sampling of where reading the Bible with eyes of wonder leads. “These are the texts” says Brown, “that take my breath away and give breath back to me. They evoke the kind of wonder that leaves me restless and hungry yet hopeful and fulfilled.”
Is a good place to start for personal reflection or small Bible study groups pondering why we read the Bible. I found this chapter to be masterfully written, a resetting of the terms of engagement with God’s Word.
Surprisingly, Brown states in the preface that “This may well be the hardest book I’ve ever written. . .” Indeed William P. Brown has written other “lengthier (and some would say belaboured) works over the years.” What made Sacred Sense “hard” for Brown is not reflected in a book filled with technical, deep theological jargon. “Hard” is not about difficult concepts to communicate or to grasp. This is Brown’s hardest book because he has relinquished control. He has allowed the sacred text to speak, a task which he found extremely difficult because as a trained Biblical scholar and academic (he is the William Marcellus McPheeters Professor of Old Testament at Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, Georgia) he is accustomed to setting the agenda and controlling the object of study. Brown’s academic skills are brought to the text but the approach to scripture is cast in a different light. Here the sacred text is given control; its mystery, wonders and surprises take the lead.
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Brown’s first chapter is a focus on Genesis 1, called “Cosmic Wonder.” “One of the many overlooked wonders of Genesis one is its mathematical intricacy” writes Brown. It is a study in which Brown has readers listen to the Bible’s first chapter delight them with the “divinely spoken cadences reverberating throughout an intricately ordered universe.” This is not a chapter seeking to answer “How God created” or “When did this happen” as though the text was given to answer those questions. No, Brown takes us into the sacred space created by the text. We get to stand on the holy ground of the text, let its story be the symphony rather than our questions creating the agenda.
The wonder that Brown hears in Genesis 1 is “The Genesis Code” which he says is “not to be confused with The DaVinci Code by Don Brown (no relation).” To decipher The Genesis Code is to see the Creation Story as God’s claim that the entire creation/cosmos “is cast in the image of the temple!” In other words, “The universe, according to Genesis one, is God’s cosmic sanctuary.” I leave the details to your own reading.
Brings us to that place where, with the boy Samuel, we turn to God to say, “Speak Lord. I am ready to listen.”
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The Eye of Providence is commonly depicted as a single, realistic-looking eye within one or more additional elements: a triangle, a burst of light, clouds, or all three. The earliest-known depiction of this symbol dates to the Renaissance. Nevertheless, eyes have had a strong symbolic meaning in many cultures over the course of history.
One of the most famous of these symbols is the Eye of Horus (known also as Wadjet, which means ‘Whole One’), which was immensely popular amongst the ancient Egyptians. According to ancient Egyptian mythology, Horus lost his left eye during a battle with his uncle Seth. This eye was magically restored by the goddess Hathor, who is believed to have been either Horus’ mother or wife. Thus, the Eye of Horus became a symbol of healing.
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In another myth, Horus presented his eye to his father, Osiris, to help him rule the Underworld. Osiris ate the eye, and he was restored to life. Thus, in this myth, the eye became a symbol of life and resurrection. These myths served to popularize the Eye of Horus as a protective symbol, and therefore it was commonly made into protective amulets. Such amulets continue to be popular even today.
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