[Magdalen] Lenten Madness

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

The core of it isn't in there, which any Jew will quickly point out. It's
an extrabiblical tradition, which doesn't impact at all on its credibility.

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 Sat, Feb 17, 2018 at 11:04 PM, Mahoney, W. Michael <wmmah at stoneledge.net>
wrote:

> Hanukkah - from the non-apocryphal story of Judas Maccabeus contained in
> some Bibles' Apocrypha; and, via Handel, the inspiration for "See, the
> conquering hero comes!" (with bleating trumpets and all)
>
> Also significant contributor to holiday season overload in combined
> Christian/Jewish households.
>
> Mike M
>
> On Sat, Feb 17, 2018 at 1:45 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
> oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Grace, if you're interested in this, just open up Google search engine
> and
> > click on the word "images" over on the right. Then input "conversion of
> st
> > paul"
> >
> > There are dozens of renderings by great painters, and almost all of them
> > show Paul having been knocked off his horse. It's one of those
> > extra-biblical traditions, like Hanukkah.
> >
> > I'm not sure where the tradition comes from, but I'm sure M or some other
> > person will be happy to tell us allll about it.
> >
> > 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 Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 3:45 AM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > James,
> > > I have looked and looked, and I can’t find any mention in Scripture of
> > > Paul’s being on a horse.
> > >
> > > Kind of like the idea that there were 3 Wise Men...   no number and no
> > > names ever show up.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > On Feb 16, 2018, at 1:41 AM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
> > > oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Lenten Madness has begun and started with a smack-down between Peter
> > and
> > > > Paul.
> > > >
> > > > It looks like Peter is edging out Paul.
> > > >
> > > > Several folks claimed that Peter was the patron of screw-ups, but it
> > > seems
> > > > to me Paul certainly qualifies as one who messed pretty darn badly
> > also,
> > > > and finally admitted the error of his ways when Jesus knocked him off
> > his
> > > > horse.
> > > >
> > > > Peter denied Christ several times, but Paul was instrumental in the
> > death
> > > > of some of Christ's followers. There had to have been a tremendously
> > > > difficult task of reconciliation there. I certainly couldn't go
> through
> > > > that.
> > > >
> > > > James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
> > > > *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not
> > preserved,
> > > > except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy
> > >
> >
>