Well I ' m even more interested in Tolkien as a scholar than an author , not least because I ' m in the same field . If you compare his Beowulf to e . g . Heaney ' s , the latter is more prosaic and a goto version in education while Tolkien has deliberately preserved alliteration etc and it sometimes makes it less easy to follow . The commentaries reveal some answers but not all . <| sep |> Someone already bought my main from under me so now I ' m feeling lucky waiting for the next sale . Plus , I have to lie to myself and say that I don ' t need more Vibergs . <| sep |> Considering a lot of the frat guys I ' ve interacted with , I honestly can ' t imagine how they ' d turn anyone down . <| sep |> Yes , but I think we both , or at least I , lost sight of the initial spirit of the question . Not to take away from your well thought out and presented answer , but it ' s a maybe some day potential convert candidate asking in General Discussion , on rjudaism . He doesn ' t need a responsa Granted it serves for other readers .