We provivded test questions for the next quiz in class today, but before this we touched again on how the book of Revealation is to be looked upon(NOT literally; dear God not literally). It fits into the genre of Apocalyptic literature, and fits certain confines of said genre by being a first person narrative(courtesy of crazy John on Patmos) and in its description of an evil present age and vision of a new age of Blessing. Frye argues that Revelation is steeped through with the notion of kairos, a Greek word for time which doesn't mean time in the sense of the little hands on the clock--that word is cronos(sp?)-- but in the sense of the decisive moment in time that obliterates time. The eschatalogical moment in time is always now, to quote the great theologian mentioned in class who's name I was unable to catch.

We also defined hagiography, which means "holy writing" in literal definition but which over time has come to refer specifically to writings about the life of a saint which only show their subjects' saintly nature. Something which modern biographers consciously try not to do. But then again this deals more with questions of faith and belief then in specific historical meaning. At least it seems so to me.

I also haven't been able to decide what my term paper for the class is going to be on. Simply because I can't make up my mind.