Starting February I am planning on starting two groups on book #1 Humanising the Divine, so here comes the hard sell!
If numbers are sufficient I will have a day-time group and also an evening group (UK times).
I am aiming for Wednesday February 2nd 10.30am and Wednesday February 2nd 8.00pm as the start dates. We will use the book but I will give some background that is not present in the book: reading the Bible as historic narrative; reading with Exile as key OT time, and the Jewish Wars of 66-70 as a major horizon that came into view.
At this stage I should pull out some reviews, so pulling two by random I have a review related to book#1:
Disappointed by the last chapter
and one on book#3:
Did not break any new ground.
However, what those reviews do not reveal is my clever strategy – did you note there were no comments on Books #2 and #4? You see you have got to read book 1 to be able to move on to book 2, and likewise book 3 to grasp book 4. Those – if I were to pull out the reviews, even by random would show that they were amazing.
OK long story short, my point is that there are some who really valued the books others not so much. All a bit irrelevant to me. They are not written at an intellectual level (a quick check on the author’s name will reveal that), are aimed at helping us (read ‘you’) think through your own conclusions, with no need to agree with me. Indeed joining one of the zoom groups only requires complying with two rules: you do not assume I am right on everything I write or suggest, and that you also do not assume all your perspectives are correct.
Irrespective of the reviews – good, bad or indifferent – I would love to have you join me. Send me an email with the group you would like to join.
martin@3generations.eu