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Reside in New Jersey with wife and son studying at Princeton Theological Seminary

Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Another Lesson in Hebrew

Since Tim started this Hebrew course of his it has been perfectly obvious when some sort of examination is coming up. He goes into a whirlwind of profanity, pacing, talking to himself (though I've tried to encourage him to seek psychological help), snickering to himself (the kind of snicker one puts on when something terribly evil is brewing inside that resonates funny). But quite frankly, I was appalled by the profanity. Sh**, Da**, etc..back to back; a juxtaposition of colorful metaphors. I've heard a fair share in my life, but now predominantly on those profane days Tim plops himself down in front of Hebrew flashcards and Hebrew Bible of all things -- never have I experienced so much of this kind of colorful metaphor while someone is studying the Bible. It's like he's substituted curse words for other phrases. For example instead of "And it came to pass" it's "And it came to pass wind" or whenever the term for "spirit" or "wind" is used he connotates it with flatulence. There was a remark about Moses speech at the parting of the Sea sounding as if he were trying to cough up a divine hairball graciously gifted by God. Whatever helps him remember that Hebrew! You go human! And did I mention that the reason Hebrew sounds oddly like there is an obstruction in the throat is, you've got it...it was invented by cats!

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