“The Song [of Solomon] captures the ecstatic aspect of love that is the main subject of the whole Bible.” — Ellen F. Davis Bible Copy Share Image
“That the Old Testament represents God chiefly as angry Judge and vicious Warrior is a false stereotype. While these images are not… — Ellen F. Davis Bible Copy Share Image
“...our role as comforters is not to solve the problem of pain; even less is it to stick up for God. Trying… — Ellen F. Davis Problem Of Pain Copy Share Image
“The very idea of wisdom, as the Bible understands it, challenges the mind-set of our society and the view of knowledge that… — Ellen F. Davis Bible Copy Share Image
“And there we recognize that our frailty is not meant to cause us anxiety and sorrow. Rather, God means it to be… — Ellen F. Davis Certainty of death Copy Share Image
“The Garden of Eden was the place where the first human creatures might have acquired wisdom: Eden was the place for total… — Ellen F. Davis Becoming wise Copy Share Image
“What gives a liturgy its plot? A liturgy is always a sort of drama, that is, an intentional sequence of events, however… — Ellen F. Davis Copy Share Image
“Contrition means finding the courage to let your heart break over sin. Willfully letting your heart break and then offering the pieces… — Ellen F. Davis Courage Copy Share Image
“The fourth-century Greek theologian St. John Chrysostom said that Job's greatest trial was that his wife was not taken.” — Ellen F. Davis John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
“God accommodates [Moses'] complaints and makes in-course corrections. God does not take a human being so fully into the divine confidence--you might… — Ellen F. Davis Confidence Copy Share Image
“The problem was acutely described in 1909 in a penetrating essay by Adolf Schlatter: According to the sceptical position, it is true… — Ellen F. Davis History Copy Share Image
“...Job rails against God, not as a skeptic, not as a stranger to God's justice, but precisely as a believer. It is… — Ellen F. Davis Dreams Copy Share Image
“For us the true measure of our wisdom will never be the grade point average we covet, a degree or rank, the… — Ellen F. Davis Books Copy Share Image
“If God has a best friend (and why not?), then surely it is Moses.” — Ellen F. Davis Best friend Copy Share Image
“The sufferer who keeps looking for God has, in the end, privileged knowledge. ... She passes through a door that only pain… — Ellen F. Davis Copy Share Image
“The resurrection produces a “conversion of the imagination” that causes us to understand everything else differently.” — Ellen F. Davis Communication Copy Share Image
“Scriptural interpretation is properly an ecclesial activity whose goal is to participate in the reality of which the text speaks by bending… — Ellen F. Davis Bible Copy Share Image
“Whenever we pick up the Bible, read it, put it down, and say, “That’s just what I thought,” we are probably in… — Ellen F. Davis Bible Copy Share Image
“At this point it may be helpful to remember the distinction that the narratologist Gérard Genette makes between story and narrative.46 A… — Ellen F. Davis Bible Copy Share Image
“...consider how [the Proverbs] define success: the establishment of righteousness, justice and equity.” — Ellen F. Davis Define success Copy Share Image
“But 'true wisdom is such that no evil use can ever be made of it.' That is worth our pondering because we,… — Ellen F. Davis Knowledge Copy Share Image
“Proclaiming resurrection turns the world upside down (cf. Acts 17:1-9) and holds out to the poor and lowly the hope of being… — Ellen F. Davis Hope Copy Share Image
“Worship is a vigorous act of reordering our desires in the light of God's burning desire for the wellness of all creation.” — Ellen F. Davis Burning desire Copy Share Image
