This post was recognized as Post of the Week! for promting good discussion. -rlf 1/24/2007
Throughout most of the reading I cannot get past the thought that the author or the decleration of an author simply does not matter. Throughout my entire educational career I have never read anything that was not pushed upon me to read where the main innitiative was not the matter of who wrote the book, article, or poem. Very few times have I ever been prompted to read something that was in authorship anonymous. However I find the example of the Gospel according to Mark that the authorship whether stated, implied, or even unknown matters very little to me. The inspiration behind the writing gives great insight as to who truly the author is. Much like the other writings throught the Bible the true author is God! This has now given me great peace in trying to understand why Mark or Paul or even Solomon wrote what they wrote. They wrote through the direction of the Holy Spirit.
3 comments:
I think I'm gonna have to agree and disagree with you on a few points. I agree, God wrote the Bible. And that is the most important part of the book: it's His...he wrote it. However, I do think that the authorship of a particular writing is important because it enables us to better understand the historical and literary context of the book. I think it's imprortant that we try to understand those things in order to better understand the passages within. However, I agree, it is MORE important to understand that God wrote it, that makes it good and useful, no matter who he used to write it.
I'm not sure knowing the author in this case really helps to understand the book at all. Good thoughts.
i know what you mean andy. most of the time authorship will help to understand the text, but not here. it still inspires no matter who specifically wrote it.
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