Wolfe's brilliance or my denseness?

DAVID STOCKHOFF · 24 May 2011, 17:06 · from 2011-May.txt.gz

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From: dstockhoff at verizon.net (DAVID STOCKHOFF)
Date: Tue, 24 May 2011 10:06:53 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: (urth) Wolfe's brilliance or my denseness?
In-Reply-To: <4DDBD8F3.4090006 at gmail.com>
Message-ID: <807695.92004.qm at web84101.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Indeed, and so does Wolfe (crunch, crunch, howl!).

--- On Tue, 5/24/11, James Wynn <crushtv at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: James Wynn <crushtv at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: (urth) Wolfe's brilliance or my denseness?
> To: "The Urth Mailing List" <urth at lists.urth.net>
> Date: Tuesday, May 24, 2011, 12:12 PM
> If one isn't _quite_ familiar with
> the Bible, then the last 1800 years of history and
> literature will be viewed through a fog. 150 years ago, any
> school girl could discuss obscure tales and recite verses
> from the Bible that would be the mark of a bookish
> seminarian? today. We stand on the bones of
> Bible-thumpers. :-D
> 
> On 5/24/2011 11:03 AM, DAVID STOCKHOFF wrote:
> > Actually, "bible thumpers" are people who are OVERLY
> familiar with the Bible. If the shoe fits ....
> > 
> > ;)
> > 
> > --- On Tue, 5/24/11, James Wynn<crushtv at gmail.com>?
> wrote:
> >> From: James Wynn<crushtv at gmail.com>
> >> Subject: Re: (urth) Wolfe's brilliance or my
> denseness?
> >> To: "The Urth Mailing List"<urth at lists.urth.net>
> >> Date: Tuesday, May 24, 2011, 9:10 AM
> >> Acts gives both names.
> >> 
> >> Of course, the names Wolfe selects do not always
> have an
> >> obvious purpose to them. So it's understandable
> that even a
> >> "bible thumper", as Antonio calls people who are
> familiar
> >> with the Bible, could reasonably have missed the
> hint.
> 
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