#ThrowbackThursday
Revisiting what I posted 10 years ago,
following the idea I found at The Chocolate Lady’s Book Review Blog
(click on this link or the logo to see where the idea started from,
and to post the link to your own post).
On the first Thursday of the month available on my site,
I’m planning to post about the previous month, 10 years before.
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So today, I’ll be revisiting February 2011.
I published 20 posts, 11 of these were reviews.
The two that got most views are these classics:
Click on the covers to see why.
I updated these posts
Of the 11 books reviewed that month, my favorite is this one, presenting Christian Orthodoxy to Westerners. Very well done, solid writing:
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HAVE YOU READ THESE BOOKS?
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Next post will be on April 8
Words And Peace 
Wow… interesting. Now, I wouldn’t read your favorite February 2011 book (since I’m Jewish), but I’m glad you loved it!
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Interestingly enough, a lot of Eastern Orthodox liturgy rituals come from old Jewish practices. For instance, the way we vest the bishop is very reminiscent of the High Priest, and the prayers he says while this is happening are taken from תַּנַ״ךְ
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Fascinating! But it makes sense… when a new religion comes along, people tend to try to keep some of their previous rituals and practices from their old ones and adapt them to their new one.
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Especially when the first members of this “new religion” were actually Jewish themselves all their lives.
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I love this post. Thank you for sharing
http://www.rsrue.blogspot.com
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Thanks for stopping by. I just went to read some of your beautiful poems
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I read the Canterbury tales… last century, when I was deep in my passion for the Middle Ages 🙂
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Definitely a must for lovers of everything Medieval
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Canterbury Tales is a classic for all times, though I’ll confess I’ve never read it. I guess the volume kept me at bay. You’ve put up a great cover/ edition too, it makes me want to give the book a shot after all. Thanks!
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I added a comment for you on my review of the book, about the book in audio
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I love that I’m learning more about Eastern Orthodoxy by visiting your blog.
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Really? Do you have any interest in Orthodoxy? I’m curious
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I do. I always feel like we can know more, and I was raised in Protestantism so I find myself woefully lacking in knowldge of Catholicism and Orthodoxy. Which I feel myself drawn towards somewhat in the sense of the connection to the early church. I read your post from 2011 on the fellow who converted to Orthodox after a lifetime as a Lutheran (I attend a Lutheran church) amd found that very interesting…
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Neat. I know several scholars who after years spent studying the Fathers of the Early Church did become Orthodox.
Have you read Becoming Orthodox: A Journey to the Ancient Christian Faith, by Peter E. Gillquist? It’s the journey of a Protestant group of men, also looking for the Early Church, the roots, and fining Orthodoxy. Highly recommended: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/112690.Becoming_Orthodox?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=nzC7reJGHC&rank=1
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I have not read that, but I’m going to check it out now! Thank you for sharing it.
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Yes, really a fascinating journey
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I read The Bluest Eye many years ago and very much appreciated it. Morrison is a brilliant writer. In college, I read parts of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales and loved them. I was an engineering student in a much dreaded but obligatory humanities class. The professor taught me that I actually did like the classics.
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This is so cool you had such a teacher!
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