Puzzle (Tension)
“Hmm – What? Did an editor’s keyboard get stuck on copy and paste, and paste, and paste? This is Sarah Ruden – it seems unlikely.”
Flips to Mark 7:1-15
Solution (Relief and Delight)
“… there are indeed five footnotes.”
It’s nice to see someone playing at work. Not since the last thing I read by Terry Pratchett has so much fun been had in a footnote.
See Also:
A thoughtful review from the New Yorker: What We Can and Can’t Learn from a New Translation of the Gospels