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I've finished 'Hannah's Children' and am reading it again. This is one of those books that I'm going to want to keep re-reading; I will probably have more posts on it here.
I finished Book 2 of the Harry Potter series and have started Book 3, 'The Prisoner of Azkaban'. I first read the Harry Potter books, or some of them, years ago, but had little memory of them. This time round I am enjoying the series enormously. One thing that stands out for me is the contrast between the single-child Dursley household (with the spoiled Dudley as the epitome of the 'king child') and the busy, bustling, chaotic family of the Weasleys (with a total of seven children, two grown, and the youngest, Ginny, just entering Hogwarts).
I've lapsed in my progress on some of the other titles I've been reading, but I resolved to start up again with 'The Source' this week. I'm at the point now where the ancient timeline is entering the Biblical era (after some episodes in the prehistoric world); in the modern (early 1960s) timeline, the Israeli archaeologist Eliav has advised the Irishman Cullinane to bolster his understanding of the Jews by reading the entire Book of Deuteronomy - five times.
We're just now beginning Deuteronomy (Devarim) in the yearly Torah cycle, so this seems like a good time to revisit both 'The Source' and (l'havdil) Deuteronomy itself. Of course, all five books of the Torah are of central concern to the Jews, but it is in Deuteronomy specifically where the Israelites, as a unified nation, are preparing to enter the Land of Israel. And given that 'The Source' is a book about the history of Israel - the nation and the land - it makes sense that Michener would see Deuteronomy as having special relevance for his own book. [306]
I finished Book 2 of the Harry Potter series and have started Book 3, 'The Prisoner of Azkaban'. I first read the Harry Potter books, or some of them, years ago, but had little memory of them. This time round I am enjoying the series enormously. One thing that stands out for me is the contrast between the single-child Dursley household (with the spoiled Dudley as the epitome of the 'king child') and the busy, bustling, chaotic family of the Weasleys (with a total of seven children, two grown, and the youngest, Ginny, just entering Hogwarts).
I've lapsed in my progress on some of the other titles I've been reading, but I resolved to start up again with 'The Source' this week. I'm at the point now where the ancient timeline is entering the Biblical era (after some episodes in the prehistoric world); in the modern (early 1960s) timeline, the Israeli archaeologist Eliav has advised the Irishman Cullinane to bolster his understanding of the Jews by reading the entire Book of Deuteronomy - five times.
We're just now beginning Deuteronomy (Devarim) in the yearly Torah cycle, so this seems like a good time to revisit both 'The Source' and (l'havdil) Deuteronomy itself. Of course, all five books of the Torah are of central concern to the Jews, but it is in Deuteronomy specifically where the Israelites, as a unified nation, are preparing to enter the Land of Israel. And given that 'The Source' is a book about the history of Israel - the nation and the land - it makes sense that Michener would see Deuteronomy as having special relevance for his own book. [306]
