Points of View: The Story of Isaac

[richardf8]

I was doing a thing called "ten minutes of Torah" which is a set of study materials funished online by the Union for Reformed Judaism. The one dealing with the Akkeida said to tell the story from the point of view of one of the characters in the story.

What do you suppose it says about me that what I came up with is this:

Mmmm, pretty good browse up here. Lots of young, juicy shoots. Mmmm.
Uh oh. I hear noises. I think I'd better freeze so no one notices. Yipes! Smells human!
The man is doing something with ropes up there. A snare? Some kind of bow? I'd better make a break for it.
Dammit! My horns are stuck in the brambles!
Aaaack, the old guy's got an axe and he's coming right at me!
"Welcome home little Ram. You are in the country where the bowse is sweet and the hunter never comes."

Comments

[timtylor.livejournal.com]

It's outside the Torah, I know, but you've got me imagining the whale's take on the Book of Jonah: "Ack, that's the last time I eat one of those! What's he got on his feet?"

[deckardcanine.livejournal.com]

Sometimes I get annoyed when I look up a word to find that it's archaic, since such words have little applicability now. But "bowse" makes a pretty mock-dainty synonym for "booze," so I like it. I may speak of sitting on one's arse drinking bowse....

But if you think you're kooky for taking that approach to a Torah story, you should see my recent illustration of sin:

God: Here, have a new bicycle. It's on me.
Human: Cool! [prepares to devour it]
God: Don't do that or I'll have to take it away.
Human: Aw, no fair. Where's the fun?

[richardf8]

But "bowse" makes a pretty mock-dainty synonym for "booze," so I like it. I may speak of sitting on one's arse drinking bowse....

I'm afraid I must disappoint you - "bowse" was a typo, it should read "browse."

I do like that approach to sin. If you eat the bicycle you can't ride it.

[deckardcanine.livejournal.com]

Oh. :) Now I've looked up the noun form of "browse." This may be even more valuable.