Comments on: Review: Wolf Hall http://andersonpost.org/2009/10/12/review-wolf-hall/ think|ink Tue, 20 Jul 2010 06:27:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: HMax http://andersonpost.org/2009/10/12/review-wolf-hall/comment-page-1/#comment-1989 HMax Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:14:03 +0000 http://andersonpost.org/?p=849#comment-1989 "It seems they generally they don’t award literary" "rather than directly collated our own nervous encounters"... Other than the un-proofed syntax, your review is acerbic, a bit snarky, but quite good. A good once-over would help. "It seems they generally they don’t award literary" "rather than directly collated our own nervous encounters"…

Other than the un-proofed syntax, your review is acerbic, a bit snarky, but quite good. A good once-over would help.

]]> By: Rosie http://andersonpost.org/2009/10/12/review-wolf-hall/comment-page-1/#comment-1952 Rosie Thu, 11 Feb 2010 10:34:17 +0000 http://andersonpost.org/?p=849#comment-1952 It is the best book I ever read - James, just start it ... It is the best book I ever read – James, just start it …

]]> By: Drew_D http://andersonpost.org/2009/10/12/review-wolf-hall/comment-page-1/#comment-1850 Drew_D Fri, 16 Oct 2009 05:48:17 +0000 http://andersonpost.org/?p=849#comment-1850 Cool story - I wonder if E.P. Sanders ever read it either? And if he did, did it influence his work, or if he didn't, could it have? Perhaps you have there a key moment in the history of NT scholarship... enchanting. Cool story – I wonder if E.P. Sanders ever read it either? And if he did, did it influence his work, or if he didn't, could it have? Perhaps you have there a key moment in the history of NT scholarship… enchanting.

]]> By: papermind http://andersonpost.org/2009/10/12/review-wolf-hall/comment-page-1/#comment-1849 papermind Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:39:20 +0000 http://andersonpost.org/?p=849#comment-1849 sounds interesting. There's an interesting history behind my copy of <em>The Idea of History</em>. It's a second hand copy that used to belong to E. P. Sanders - the author of <em>Paul and Palestinian Judaism</em>, and father of the New Perspective on Paul. I bought it for the story and never bothered to read it. I guess I regarded it as an artefact book rather than a 'real' book. hmmm. sounds interesting.
There's an interesting history behind my copy of The Idea of History. It's a second hand copy that used to belong to E. P. Sanders – the author of Paul and Palestinian Judaism, and father of the New Perspective on Paul. I bought it for the story and never bothered to read it. I guess I regarded it as an artefact book rather than a 'real' book. hmmm.

]]> By: Drew_D http://andersonpost.org/2009/10/12/review-wolf-hall/comment-page-1/#comment-1848 Drew_D Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:30:34 +0000 http://andersonpost.org/?p=849#comment-1848 Yes, at least parts of it. But it's an... unstable... kind of book, cobbled together from various bits post-humously. Your description of being on the shoulder of Cromwell reminded me of him - he described history as the history of thought, (flying his idealist colours) and the historians work as penetrating, indeed, (and confusingly) re-enacting the thoughts of the past. Yes, at least parts of it. But it's an… unstable… kind of book, cobbled together from various bits post-humously. Your description of being on the shoulder of Cromwell reminded me of him – he described history as the history of thought, (flying his idealist colours) and the historians work as penetrating, indeed, (and confusingly) re-enacting the thoughts of the past.

]]> By: papermind http://andersonpost.org/2009/10/12/review-wolf-hall/comment-page-1/#comment-1845 papermind Thu, 15 Oct 2009 23:55:16 +0000 http://andersonpost.org/?p=849#comment-1845 I've got a copy of <em>The Idea of History</em> but I've never really looked inside. Is it worth reading? I've got a copy of The Idea of History but I've never really looked inside. Is it worth reading?

]]> By: Drew_D http://andersonpost.org/2009/10/12/review-wolf-hall/comment-page-1/#comment-1827 Drew_D Wed, 14 Oct 2009 03:17:08 +0000 http://andersonpost.org/?p=849#comment-1827 Makes you reconsider Thomas the Tank Engine as a serious figure. I like your description of history here - have you ever read R.G. Collingwood? Makes you reconsider Thomas the Tank Engine as a serious figure. I like your description of history here – have you ever read R.G. Collingwood?

]]> By: Andrew http://andersonpost.org/2009/10/12/review-wolf-hall/comment-page-1/#comment-1825 Andrew Mon, 12 Oct 2009 10:40:16 +0000 http://andersonpost.org/?p=849#comment-1825 Thanks for the review. I particularly liked this line - "Something of a cross between Tony Soprano and the Anglican Church League (I leave you to decide which is which)." Thanks for the review. I particularly liked this line – "Something of a cross between Tony Soprano and the Anglican Church League (I leave you to decide which is which)."

]]> By: papermind http://andersonpost.org/2009/10/12/review-wolf-hall/comment-page-1/#comment-1824 papermind Mon, 12 Oct 2009 06:25:25 +0000 http://andersonpost.org/?p=849#comment-1824 Thanks James. You never know, it's the kind of book that grabs you once you start. It's fat like a fantasy novel rather than like a text book. Thanks James. You never know, it's the kind of book that grabs you once you start. It's fat like a fantasy novel rather than like a text book.

]]> By: James http://andersonpost.org/2009/10/12/review-wolf-hall/comment-page-1/#comment-1823 James Mon, 12 Oct 2009 04:37:30 +0000 http://andersonpost.org/?p=849#comment-1823 A very interesting review. I seriously doubt I will ever have time to read a book like that, but I enjoyed your comments none the less. A very interesting review. I seriously doubt I will ever have time to read a book like that, but I enjoyed your comments none the less.

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