Author Archives: Harlow Clark

In Tents #19 Pilate before Jesus Part 5

Posted on August 27, 2012 by Harlow Clark

Note: I hope to revise this a little later with scripture quotes and citations. I’ll note the updates in the Reply section. He taught me language, and my prophet on’t is, I learned how to pun At the end of … Continue reading →

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In Tents # 18 Pilate’s Trial before Jesus Part 4

Posted on July 23, 2012 by Harlow Clark

In 1979, shortly before the end of my mission my father sent me a letter saying that the bishop of the BYU 29th ward, which he had been serving as high councilor, was being released and the high councilor called. … Continue reading →

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In Tents 17 Pilate’s Trial Before Jesus Part 3

Posted on June 27, 2012 by Harlow Clark

As I mentioned in May, the last parable Jesus tells before going into the temple to deliver his final public sermon–and I think “Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees” is best seen as a sermon, a jeremiad, rather than a … Continue reading →

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In Tents #16 Pilate’s Trial Before Jesus, Part 2

Posted on May 31, 2012 by Harlow Clark

I ended last month’s post with a note about how little power Pilate has, not even the power to force a response from Jesus. That doesn’t mean, however, that Pilate’s power is inconsequential. Jesus’s death is a consequence. But we … Continue reading →

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In Tents # 15, Pilate’s Trial Before Jesus, Part 1

Posted on April 30, 2012 by Harlow Clark

Note: This is out of sequence, but I’m putting it here because I’ve been working on it this month as part of my paper for AML’s annual meeting. I also want to use it as an introduction to the next … Continue reading →

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In Tents #14 More About Jesus the Pharisee, Beginning with John the Baptizer

Posted on March 26, 2012 by Harlow Clark

Interpretation is transparent to us, as I suggested in my last post, so transparent that we think of what we do as reading, hearing, or receiving the plain sense of a story, essay, passage, song, speech or talk. Interpreting is … Continue reading →

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In Tents # 13 The Story of Jesus the Pharisee, But First Yet Another Digression, This Time About the Nature of Interpretation

Posted on February 27, 2012 by Harlow Clark

Yet another digression? Is this turning into the Tristram Shandy of blogs? Digression following digression following digression, never actually getting to he thesis? No, the thesis is easy to demonstrate. Consider Luke 13:31 The same day there came certain of … Continue reading →

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In Tents #12 More about Jesus the Pharisee, with a Further Meditation on the Nature of Perfection

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Harlow Clark

In Luke 13, which opens with the first and ominous mention of Pilate, “There were present at that season some that told him of the Galilæans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices,” a group of Pharisees come to … Continue reading →

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In Tents # 11 More About Jesus the Pharisee, But First an Interlude Thinking to Thank the Jews

Posted on December 26, 2011 by Harlow Clark

Title: The New Covenant, Commonly Called The New Testament: Volume I The Gospels and Apocalypse Translator: Willis Barnstone Publisher: New York: Riverhead Books Genre: Scripture Year Published: 2002 Number of Pages: 577 Binding: Hardbound in signatures ISBN10: 1-57322-182-1 Price: Title: … Continue reading →

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In Tents #10 The Story of Jesus the Pharisee, But First a Meditation on Perfection

Posted on November 28, 2011 by Harlow Clark

He never got vexed when the game went wrong And he always told the truth But why did the game go wrong? Was it because Jesus always won and no one wants to play a game they have no possibility … Continue reading →

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