Digest urth.v030.n118

Dan'l Danehy-Oakes · 23 May 2001, 11:43 · from urth-v0030.mbox · original

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From: "Dan'l Danehy-Oakes" <ddanehy at siebel.com>
Subject: (urth) RE: Digest urth.v030.n118
Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 11:43:17
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Roy wrote:

> ... has anyone else wondered exactly what Wolfe intended with the
> last six words of the story: "a mountain ram winded its horns."?=20

I presume it was a reference to the ram's horn or _shofar_ blown=20
in the Temple on the High Holy Days (Yom Kippur?). It is generally
agreed (among those who believe in the Fall to begin with) that=20
the unfallen animals had characteristics & abilities not present
in the Fallen world -- i.e., the lion & the lamb were at peace,
Eve wasn't surprised to hear a serpent talking, etc., etc. -- so
perhaps in an unfallen world, the ram might blow his own _shofar_=20
without humans needing to kill him? I dunno...

--Dan'l

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