Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani

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>LINDA:

>George Lamsa was raised speaking the primitive language supposedly spoken

>by the people of Bible times. I hope you noticed my FWIW preface. I feel

>Lamsa's explanation makes some sense. I don't feel his statments were any

>more suppositional than the one who asserted that Christ was saying ""My

>God, My God, I must have had shit for brains!"


AUSTIN
It's very ironic that Lamsa has come up. I had intended to write a rather
un-flattering review of his book "Gospel Light" for this list. I'll have to
hurry along and get it finished so that I can put it up in the next day or
so.

But I think I can summarize his whole approach toward Jesus right here:
Everything good said about Jesus is true, everything that might be
unflattering is just a metaphor or odd turn or speech.

Sound familiar?


Austin Cline; German Department; Princeton University
--- The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher
      esteem those who think alike than those who think differently.

               - Nietzsche "The Dawn" (1881)

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