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On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 10:23 PM, Shane Mage <shm...@pipeline.com> wrote: The Mount of Olives is not the countryside. Its the middle of Jerusalem. > Which Jerusalem? It was, in any case, outside the walls of the Old City as it existed in the first century. > It wasn't a legion, it was a cohort. > Point taken, but ... I may respond to this further in the morning. For the time being, my opinion is that treating mythology (in the best sense) as if it were merely history, peering through loopholes in the hopes of uncovering some subterfuge, is unlikely to be a productive approach. Of course you may be able to piece together factual points in a pattern more rational than the dominant narrative, but so what? It's on a par with bickering over the incompatible creation narratives of Genesis 1 and 2, or Jesus' competing genealogies in Matthew and Luke - that is to say, rather beside the point. -- "Hige sceal þe heardra, heorte þe cenre, mod sceal þe mare, þe ure mægen lytlað." ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
