On another SofWaL note

First, SofWal = Scriptures of the World as Literature. I'm not writing it out every time, plus I've grown fond of the abbreviation.

It's been funny to watch how our discussion director and professor Bugbee has been attempting to "stifle" New Testament thoughts all throughout our readings of the Old Testament. I'm glad he did so, in order to read the Hebrew Bible alone without bias, though that is still quite impossible for a Christian. We would read a passage and he would ask a general question like, "what does this imply?" on occasion. A number of times, the classic answer after a silence would come: "Jesus?" Or in other cases, purely Christian ideas not yet mentioned, such as the afterlife for most of the Old Testament. As if fearful of the surely explosive discussion to follow and the limited time we have being further drained, he would request that we hold off on that note for a few weeks. Well, the time has finally come; tomorrow begins the New Testament discussion. Bring out the heavy artillery, class.