Summary and Psychological Foundation of the Differences
Boman devotes these last few pages to restating his thesis that it is best to synthesize the Greek/western viewpoint and the Hebrew into something better than either — at least, that’s what he almost says. The summary is full of standard academic blather that tries to sound encouraging, and he really doesn’t add anything useful.
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It’s not as if we learned nothing useful from the book, but it was still rather disappointing. I’m not sure Boman understands the Hebrew culture and language as well as others I’ve read from. It’s actually pretty hard to judge because he isn’t as much a fan as he seems of the Hebrew epistemology. In the end, he remains a very western man who likes to imagine he’s open minded, as if that were something of great value.
Finally, I’m not sure I’d recommend you invest the money for it. I’ll keep my copy, but I’m not likely to open it again any time soon.
There was some useful stuff in there, but it was a rather laborious read and somewhat disappointing because the book was referenced by others who, as it turned out, gleaned most of the best parts already. I did very much appreciate your interaction with the text and how you exposed Bowman’s bias/blindspots. Thank you