[Magdalen] Lenten Madness

James Oppenheimer-Crawford oppenheimerjw at gmail.com
Sun Feb 18 07:15:02 UTC 2018


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
> > >
> >
>


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