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| The history of every culture's interpretation of a sacred text, no matter how ludicrous, needs to be our focus of study. Traditionalists are obsessed with this "author's intent" BS. | |
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| But I don't care about the spring, I wanna know how it got to the reservoir! It's the history of ideas, y'know what I'm saying? THAT is real exegesis. You can NOT ignore what society has spoken. | |
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| Deebee deebee deebeee d'NOooOoo. | |
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| Are you listening to me? 'Cause I... kinda had an article about this published in a well-respected journal. | |
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| Are you listening to my reactions? OK, write down what I'm about to do... | |
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