Holy Grail

2007-01-01 Thread Badí' Villar Cárdenas
Often I have wondered if the mystery of the Holy *Grail *is related to the archangel *Gabriel*, the messenger of the death, of the big news (in the Bible) and the developer of the Qur'án. Badí' -- We must distinguish between the various layers, or strata, to use an archaeological term, of early

Re: Holy Grail

2007-01-01 Thread smaneck
Often I have wondered if the mystery of the Holy *Grail *is related to the archangel *Gabriel*, the messenger of the death, of the big news (in the Bible) and the developer of the Qur'án. Dear Badi, What mystery of the Holy Grail? warmest, Susan The information contained in this

Re: Holy Grail

2007-01-01 Thread Badí' Villar Cárdenas
*What mystery of the Holy Grail?* *http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Grail*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Grail The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by the Johnson County Community College (JCCC) and is intended to be confidential

Re: Holy Grail

2007-01-01 Thread Badí' Villar Cárdenas
*What mystery of the Holy Grail?* Dear Dr.Maneck, I talk about the legend of the Grail. My interpretation of the Grail is that this one is an allusion to the archangel Gabriel as the developer of the Koran. Badí' The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto

Re: Holy Grail

2007-01-01 Thread smaneck
Dear Badi, I know what the Holy Grail is, I just don't see that there is any mystery behind it. People just made up a lot of fanciful tales about it. I don't see this has any connection to the Archangel Gabriel at all. I think you are being misled by the fact that the two words sound

Re: Holy Grail

2007-01-01 Thread Gilberto Simpson
This isn't exactly what you asked and I'm not sure how you feel about the source, but a couple of months back Juan Cole's blog had some interesting comments connecting the Da Vinci Code to Islam. http://www.juancole.com/2006/05/davinci-code-as-parable-of-american.html So similarly to how in the