[Magdalen] The Fifth Gospel

James Oppenheimer-Crawford oppenheimerjw at gmail.com
Mon Mar 30 20:11:29 UTC 2015


I know that with the book by the Jesus Seminar, the fifth gospel is Thomas,
but I assume this writer has some other text in mind for number five?

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 8:24 AM, Ann Markle <ann.markle at aya.yale.edu> wrote:

> We have a literary series here called Babel that involves various popular
> authors (well, not exactly "various" -- I think they have 4 per year) just
> talking and being interviewed, rather than reading from their books.  I
> haven't been able to get to one yet (they're often on Thursday, when I have
> my 12-step service), but last week they had Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.  Last
> fall they had Collum McCann, and everyone raved.  Wish I could go.
>
> Ann
>
> The Rev. Ann Markle
> Buffalo, NY
> ann.markle at aya.yale.edu
> blog:  www.onewildandpreciouslife.typepad.com
>
> On Sun, Mar 29, 2015 at 9:43 PM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > The gf went to a reading in Cambridge (Porter Square Books). She
> > said the author, Ian Caldwell, is smart and funny and she's looking
> > forward to reading the book. Given the fact that she has negative
> > interest in anything about the church (except for the Borgias),
> > I was impressed with her enthusiasm.
> >
> > He told the assembled how hard he had to work, how much
> > he had to write, in John McPhee's class. She was hanging on
> > every word and disappointed when he was interrupted  by a
> > request to read from his book.
> >
> > Reviews of The Fifth Gospel available on Amazon, Goodreads,
> > New York Times etc. etc.
> > -M
> >
>


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