Sep. 2nd, 2004

Genesis 32

Sep. 2nd, 2004 07:32 pm
dreamer_easy: (Genesis)
The text: Genesis 32.

My crummy summary: Jacob returns to find Esau waiting with an army. He prays but also sensibly organises some bribes. Overnight he wrestles with a man / an angel / God and receives the new name of Israel.

Notes to self:

- Given the business about the sinew, I think that "thigh" here is actually not a euphemism. The wrestling suggests some sort of spiritual crisis though.

- I've been reading a little on angels, and the ambiguity about whether it's a angel or God Himself seems to be a common topic of discussion (eg Exodus 3, in which the burning bush is inhabited first by the angel of the Lord, then by God).
dreamer_easy: (science)
Today's phylum is the CTENOPHORA. There are something like a hundred and fifty species of Ctenophores, relatives of the Cnidarians (jellyfish etc, with whom they used to be lumped in the Coelenterata), including the Venus' girdle or comb jelly. Unlike jellyfish they don't sting you, they stick to you. IIRC they are the simplest animals to sport a nervous system, and so as a young woman they were my dividing line between animals you could eat and animals you couldn't, leaving me with a delectable selection of sponges and scum.

Coming up: these guys.
dreamer_easy: (girlysquee)
I dunno how you pronounce "yaoi" but I always read it "yowee!!"

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