> I made the suggestion some years ago in a paper read at the national > AAR/SBL that the Similitudes of Enoch might be viewed in light of > similar cargo cult phenomenon. I take them to have been produced > during the crisis threatening the temple under Gaius Caligula. > The paper was included in the SBL seminar papers: > > "The Measure of Redemption: The Similitudes of Enoch, Nonviolence, and > National Integrity," Society of Biblical Literature 1983 Seminar Papers, > ed. Kent Harold Richards (Chico, California: Scholars Press, 1983): > 167-76. > > I encourage you to develop the idea, because I think that it has merit. > > David Suter > Saint Martin's College To use a simple word, BINGO! is what I said when I saw the Cargo Cult hypothesis set out. It ended a search for me. I won't live long enough to polish the idea but I can try. Thank you, David. You answered a lot of questions with that suggestion. It will take years to put together the answers. It will also be fun watching it done. Tom Simms For private reply, e-mail to "Tom Simms" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from Orion, e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: "unsubscribe Orion." Archives are on the Orion Web site and at http://www.mail-archive.com/orion%40panda.mscc.huji.ac.il/. For more information on the Orion Center, visit our web site, http://orion.mscc.huji.ac.il.