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To: Dayuhan who wrote (28236)	1/16/1999 12:52:00 AM
From: Jacques Chitte	Respond to of 108807

If life is like one of those mazes on a family restaurant placemat - literalism is one of the dead ends.

To: Dayuhan who wrote (28236)	1/17/1999 8:53:00 AM
From: nihil	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

The really big question is why a Jewish god ever chose to write in Greek, and in such non-literary Greek at that. Probably any Greek god or hero could have done better. Were I ancient (even premordial), Greek, and a god and were going to write the Bible in Greek I would include some ancient works -- like Homer, classics like Sophocles, and lots of real history -- like Thukydides thus improving the literary quality of the total work. I would also leave out trashy frauds like Ezekiel. Much of the old testament reads like a bad translation of a Babylonian laundry bill (see Pirates of Penzance) with all those old guys begatting all over the bedclothes. The Song of Songs is great in any language, and is IMO the only humane part of that whole book. Ecclesiastes has its brief moments, and Proverbs is a classic bore that lies at the heart of what passes for wisdom in many languages.