I Have Tried This Before

I am excited to be participating in another Biblical Foundations of Literature class (kind of). Sadly, this is my second attempt at completing the course as the first was not so successful. I was enrolled in this class with Gretchen Minton and dropped the course out of sheer lack of interest. My professor at the time admitted she loved Biblical Literature almost as much as she loved Shakespeare (and that's quite a lot). I thought her enthusiasm for the class would give me enough encouragement to be excited about Biblical Literature and really open myself up to the experience. It didn't. Every time I would attempt to read the Bible, I would find myself bored to tears and literally falling asleep. I don't care who is selling whose goats to whom, a topic that took up much of my first reading of the Good Book.

My second attempt is looking a bit more promising. I know Michael Sexson does not exactly have high hopes of any of us reading the Bible in its entirety which gives me such a pleasant sense of relief. I know I will not be one of the students to read the entire thing by the end of the semester, but I am going to give it an honest effort. David Plotz looks like he may have given his spin with the Bible a little comic relief in Good Book, so I'm excited to use this as an aid for my actual reading of the real thing. I have started neither but intend to in the next couple of days. I guess we'll see!