As promised here are some Haiku verses I wrote to celebrate the beautiful, critical commentaries publishes as the Hermeneia series. They are also a tribute to Sean Winter who shares my enthusiasm for the aesthetics of book production, who like me gloats without conscience in the visual and tactile pleasure of handling and reading a beautiful book in which the knowledge it contains and the form that contains it are equally important. And near the end a three line tribute to a three volume masterpiece, Luz on Matthew.
Hermeneia Haiku
Hermeneia, is
An ancient Greek speaking word
For hermeneutics.
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Hermeneutics, the
Modern term for biblical
Interpretation.
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Sumptuous volumes,
Book-buying extravagance
So hard to resist.
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A thing of beauty,
Aesthetics and scholarship
A joy forever.
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Luz’ magnum opus,
Winter’s desideratum
Matthean triptych.
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Haiku PS
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Lesser mortals ask
‘What is wirkungsgeschichte?’
Is it important?
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