And said there is a preacher. First I knew
They had a purse made up to send me off
To learn theology, and so I went.
I plunged into the stuff that preachers learn:
The Hebrew language, Aramaic and Syriac;
The Hebrew ideas—rapid survey—oh, yes,
Rapid survey, that was the usual thing.
Histories of Syria and Palestine;
Theology of the Synoptics, eschatology.
Doctrine of the Trinity, Docetism,