Welp. My copy just arrived in the mail, and I've been brainstorming about organizing principles to facilitate us learning from each other and stay engaged. Here are a few thoughts:
Since there are multiple translations, it might be helpful to share quotes liberally, especially when context or wording might be important.
Perhaps each person reads and writes at their own pace. Each chapter could be a separate post, and the first person to write up their initial reaction can take the initiative to author it. Primary discussion on that chapter would take place on that participant's post in the comment section.
I imagine all the users who have openly expressed interest in being a part of the project should be tagged in the post body, and that list might grow over time if new people join. Also, maybe we keep an index of these posts here by adding a comment thread here which links to each new post.
We share whatever we want -- anything from purely interpretive analysis on the text to deeply personal reflections on how you relate to it in your own life. Whatever we feel comfortable with.
What do you all think? Personally, I hope to read Chapter 1 sometime early next week.
Sounds good. I agree that chapter posts will be best, so that we can consolidate all the discussion related to a chapter in one post.
I would suggest no more than 3 chapter posts in one week, regardless of how fast we are reading. Keeps the discussion focused
Let’s roll
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Cool. Just to be sure by ‘Chapter’ do you mean ‘Book’? Not sure how your copy is divided up..?
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You're right. "Book" it is.
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