(Photo: Robert Sparks)
The Spirituality of Structure
The tables in the PDFs below illustrate how I am organizing the "Weft and D'rash" project in (a limited number of) series and (an unlimited number of) subseries. They are listed and defined by their numbers (series only), titles, and subtitles.
36 series
I have organized the 36 series in seven reference categories to make it easier to search for a series, subseries, or tapestry:
[a] - The Hebrew Bible
I have organized the 36 series in seven reference categories to make it easier to search for a series, subseries, or tapestry:
[a] - The Hebrew Bible
[b] - Rabbinic texts and Jewish mysticism
[c] - The Jewish liturgy
[d] - Jewish traditions, concepts, and history
[e] - Biblical texts and present realities
[f] - October 7
[g] - Tapestries that belong in the project but are not included in [a]-[f]
[c] - The Jewish liturgy
[d] - Jewish traditions, concepts, and history
[e] - Biblical texts and present realities
[f] - October 7
[g] - Tapestries that belong in the project but are not included in [a]-[f]
Series (36) with subtitles
I have added subtitles to indicate my focused perspectives on these vast 36 topics that the series titles represent.
Subseries
I create subseries (instead of new series) as a way to expand the project while keeping the list (and the website menubar) of series (36) focused and at a reasonable length.
I create subseries (instead of new series) as a way to expand the project while keeping the list (and the website menubar) of series (36) focused and at a reasonable length.
On the tables, my "WEFT and D'RASH" project appears neatly organized in rows and columns. But the structure is more than a practical device. The cells are connected to others in an invisible web. Thus, "WEFT and D'RASH" is more than the sum of its table cells. The tables are not a list that I keep adding to at the bottom, but a frame with subframes to which I keep making changes and inserting more panes as needed or as I am inspired.
However, at the core of the work on structure and web is the challenge of writing good titles. That is another chapter . . .
However, at the core of the work on structure and web is the challenge of writing good titles. That is another chapter . . .
