September 30, 2003
Emeth?
Is a good question.
The final book of Narnia, you're a sometimes disturbing story about the end of the world and the beginning of a new one. Your characters include an evil monkey, a misguided donkey, stubborn dwarves and all the human characters from the previous books. You manage to be heartbreaking and beautiful at once.
Find out which Chronicles of Narnia book you are.
Posted by Kammer at September 30, 2003 06:34 PM
isn't it emmeth?
Posted by: hill at October 1, 2003 12:04 AMAh, they would have figured it out.
But I guess this entry can be hommage to
the picky.
"In C. S. Lewis's The Last Battle, a Calormen soldier by the name of Emeth is accepted into heaven despite the fact that he worshiped the false god Tash. Why? Because as Aslan tells him, 'All the service thou hast done to Tash, I account as service done to me, ... for he and I are of such different kinds that no service which is vile can be done to me, and none which is not vile can be done to him.' Despite the fact that the objective content of his religious beliefs was false, his worship was accepted because his heart was in the right condition. 'Unless thy desire had been for me thou wouldst not have sought so long and so truly.' (Lewis, 156) The name of the Calormen soldier is significant. Emeth means truth. Lewis is capitalizing on the philological characteristics of the Hebrew word 'emeth' which is more closely related to the ideas of trustworthiness and reliability than to the philosophical idea of 'correspondence.' "
"Here [in Exodus 34] God declares Himself to be abounding in faithfulness. The Hebrew word used here for faithfulness is emeth. It is used in Genesis 24:27 when the servant of Abraham looks for a wife for Isaac and is led right to her; he declares that God has been emeth with Abraham. God answered Abraham�s prayer and provided a wife for Isaac. That was an expression of God�s abounding faithfulness. Faithfulness is translated 'true' in the KJV. Strong's concordance says emeth means: firm, sure, reliable, and stable. That is what God declares Himself to be."
= probably the only thing I don't care for in THE LAST BATTLE.
= fine lines, crossed.
= one of the reasons why a Lewis book like THE GREAT DIVORCE, while one of my favorites, also served as the impetus for following up an english/creative writing undergrad degree with a masters in theology.
= i don't think so. (in answer to your question.)
more here...
http://members.tripod.com/PhilosophyClub/GeniusPedestal/papers/mccartney.html
and here...
http://www.bible-sermons.org/sermons/God's%20Faithfulness%207-9-00.doc
theological debate aside,
i think they hit you
right on the nose.
melancholy.
dark.
unfrequented.
it fits.
thanks for the food for thought, guys.
steph
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