05/20/2023 – “The Bee Eater” – Level XV – Chapter 2, Artifacts: 9831 – 9811 B.C.E. // Group Fellowship & Discussion
“The Bee Eater” – Level XV – Chapter 2:
Here we go: First page and we have the “apelike” man. Check out the documentary movie:
“Is Genesis History” with Del Tackett interviewing scientific experts. Or, check out Nancy Pearcey’s
“Total Truth” , the Chapter Five – “Darwin Meets the Berenstain Bears.”
The first paragraph on pg. #107 is a fascinating sentence: “ He wore skins. ‘What an infinity of
Comprehension is required. Cullinane wrote in his report, ‘to appreciate this simple sentence in which
I have compressed so much.’ The first word implied a philosophical system, the second a social order,
And the third an attitude toward technology…”
Here are some significant single excerpts:
Pg. #90: “But with the building of the self-contained House Ur would become the master
And the house would be his servant.” He would be forced to engage in new ways of thinking, whether
He wanted to or not.
pg. #91: “The whole intricate structure of an interlocking society became practical
the moment Ur’s son mastered his wild grains.”
Pg 113: “From the north came echoes of the distant beast crashing about in victory. ‘Why should a thing so evil have triumphed?’
Ur protested, rending his garment in anguish.” Noting: The Old Testament has numerous accounts where a king, prophet or priest
Rended or tore his garment in anguish in response to unspeakable evil in defiance of almighty God.
Pg 113: “And the anguish that Ur knew that night — the mystery of death, the triumph of evil, the terrible loneliness of being alone, the
Discovery that self of itself is insufficient — is the anxiety that torments the world to this day.” The Devil rebelled against God for he
Chose the narcissist path: “it is all about me.” We are tormented by the same leanings of original sin, but with a choice for
Repentance and redemption.
Reflections?
SolI Deo Gloria!
It is good to have our wifi back up, after being down for ten days. I have posts saved through Chapter Seven: “In the Gymnasium”. I am currently reading “A Day in the Life of a Desert Rider”, Level VI of the Tell Makor , and Chapter 11 of 17. Again, the beauty of the book reviews within this blog, the discussion is “evergreen”.
Here again are the chapters with the introductory links to Michener’s “The Source:
The Source by Michener
Chapter – ending pg. # / Yrs. Span
-The Tell – 77
-Level XV – The Bee Eater – 113 / Artifacts: 9831 – 9811 B.C.E.
-Level XIV – Of Death and Life – 165 -/Artifacts: 2204 – 2202 B.C.E…
-Level XIII – An Old Man and His God – 235 -/ Artifacts: 1427 – 1419 B.C.E
-Level XII – Psalm of the Hoopoe Bird – 326 / Artifacts: 966-963 B.C.E.
-Level XI – The Voice of Gomer – 369 – / Artifacts : 684- 605 B.C.E.
-Level X – In the Gymnasium – 418 / Artifacts: 184 – 167 B.C.E.
-Level IX – King of the Jews – 445 / Artifacts: 4 – 20 B.C.E.
-Level VIII – Yigal and His Three Generals – 500 / Artifacts: 67 – 74 C.E.
-Level VII – The Law – 594 /335 – 352 C.E.
-Level VI – A Day in the Life of a Desert Rider – 636 / Artifacts: 644 – 1099 C.E.
-Level V – Volkmar – 693 / Artifacts: 1124 C.E.
-Level IV – The first of Ma Coeur – 752 / Artifacts: 1271 – 1291 C.E.
-Level III – The Saintly Men of Safed – 861 / Artifacts: 1240 – 1559 C.E.
-Level II – Twilight of an Empire – 919 / Artifacts: 1004 – 1880 C.E.
-Level I – Rebbe Itzik and the Sabra – 1007 / Artifacts: 1943 – 1948 C.E.
-The Tell – 1080
Introduction post:
James Michener_ The Source_review:
https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/james-a-michener/the-source/
The study guide _ The Source
http://www.bookrags.com/studyguide-the-source-a-novel/chapanal001.html#gsc.tab=0
The free quiz from the study guide – 25 q
http://www.bookrags.com/studyguide-the-source-a-novel/free-quiz.html#gsc.tab=0
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/129178.Best_of_James_A_Michener