Google| Subject | Re: OT:Christianity |
| From | Lisa Virmigle |
| Date | 2002-05-03 00:48 (2002-05-02 15:48) |
| Message-ID | <3CD1C22C.9BDCAD59@libraries.claremont.edu> |
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| Newsgroups | alt.fan.tolkien,rec.arts.books.tolkien |
| Follows | David Sulger |
David SulgerEspecially since it seems to have been written in code -- the sort of double-speak an oppressed and frightened group uses when writing about the annihilation of their oppressors. (Rev. was written in Greek, a predominant language of the Roman Empire. It describes the destruction of the city of Rome and all who had persecuted members of the church's community -- not the kind of thing one *wants* to make obvious to one's literate overlords!)
message news:<3cd04361.72874988@news2.randori.com>...AC
On Wed, 1 May 2002 15:17:33 -0400, "James Bell" <jamesb@naxs.com> wrote: .... literal translations of Revelations are dangerous.
Besides, who needs locust-horses? Where _would_ you put the bit? :) [IIRC, tho, this description is based on the appearance of Roman cavalry mounts in full armor.]
Yours, LV
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