[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > As to Dune: As a jew I was uncomfortable with the motif > of the books but not enough to prevent my enjoyment of > them (or at least the first one; I found the sequels > tiresome). I was made more uncomfortible when I learned > that the name Sadakars (spell?) given to the emporer's > elite warriors was actually a reference to ancient > Israeli soldiers
In the last 2 sequels, there are characters who've maintained the Jewish faith from generation to generation, intact from ancient times, something no other religion was able to do without losing its identity among the other religions. Making that at least a 15,000 year track record. -- Matt _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l