If anyone wants to read an explanation of his "gnosticism" i would recommend Agon: Towards a Theory of Revisionism. It's much better than the explanation (or lack thereof) in Omens of Millenium
I loved Harold Bloom (RIP).“Where Might Wisdom Be Found?” is one of my favorite books on biblical literature and how it impacts our lives. Bloom’s conversations on Charlie Rose were always a bit disjointed, however, because the host doesn’t know when to shut up. Rose’s constant interruptions and urgent interjections never allow Bloom to elaborate adequately on the points he’s trying to make. That said, at least Rose knew enough to bring Bloom back again and again, so they could revisit topics and continue their explorations Bloom was a confident - some might say, overconfident - scholar of religious literature. His literary insights on aspects like characterization, theme, and narrative are solid. However, his occasional theological digressions leave a lot to be desired. He was no religious thinker (admittedly). Bloom never seemed to understand or be willing to explore how God can be at once both inscrutable and eminent; how the story of the Bible is a love story between the Creator and His Creation. He sees the crucifixion as suicide, instead of what it is - God willingly sacrificing Himself for man to end the practice of involuntary human sacrifice (scapegoating, ritualistic killing, murder, revenge, war, execution) that had warped our souls. For great literary insight into the writers and characters of the Biblical tradition, I recommend Bloom. But for a true theological understanding of God and Christ beyond those literary parameters, you’ll need to read early spiritual thinkers like Maimonides, Augustine, Aquinas, or some of the more recent religious writers like Chesterton, Merton, or CS Lewis. I’d especially recommend Rene Girard on the connection between the crucifixion and the scapegoating mechanism.
C.S. Lewis is not profound. Lewis writes from the Darwinist perspective. His "Mere Christianity" confirms this. The whole problem of modernity/postmodernity originates from Darwin. Marx, too, acknowledges Darwin as a necessity.
@@allen5455 I respect your opinion, but I have to disagree. I find CS Lewis's "A Grief Observed" immensely profound...and immensely moving. An astoundingly raw, bare depiction of a man who is searching for God in moment of intense grief and confusion. It seems more profound to me every year, as I get older, and as those I love begin to die around me.
@@joycejulep9115 In neo-orthodoxy nothing matters but "relationships," thus the necessity for conversations about one's "feelings." Neo-orthodoxy emphasizes the existential over the revelatory. With Lewis, there is no outside-of-self revelation, there is only "virtue signaling."
@@allen5455 I'm not any kind of religious expert and don't really understand all those terms. All I know is "A Grief Observed," as well as a few other Lewis books and essays, are profoundly meaningful to me, and I encourage other people to read him
@@joycejulep9115 You wrote a five paragraph post, the longest I have observed on the Internet, and you don't understand "those terms"? Maybe you should try for some real understanding. Comprehend beyond "feeling." End of dialogue.
I'm a Pentecostal lol.. Praise God. At one time I picked away at the scripture like Bloom also. Hey Bloom you must come by faith! Wonder if his great brain is helping him now, wherever he is now.
@@user-ff4lr2jj5r You don't know that God does not exist. Such is a "presupposition." We invite you to change your thoughts, change your mind. "God in Christ redeeming the world unto Himself."
His religious thoughts here are so confused that Charlie has a hard time following him. Also, hard to understand that Bloom does not recognize that the Jesus of the Gospels does indeed identify himself with God - most notably when Caiaphas questions him in Mark 14:61-62, "are you the son of the Living God?" To which Jesus responds, "I Am" - a term only used for God.
People hear, do not follow this man’s example, for he is blind and deaf and blabbering little man. Where is this smart alec now, did he ever came to know the Lord Yeshua the Messiah. People are so brave, when they think, that there is no God. I wonder, if he passed away and never found salvation, then in which “space” is he lost, rather than God. Every knee will bow and every tongue will confess that Yeshua is to the glory of God the Father.
