SLSL "TSR" - Buttercup, part I

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I think that "Nathan of Gaza" also fits many attributes
of the Lardass (symbollically, at any rate), especially 
in his mystical interpretation of the creation, and, the 
origin of evil. Gershom Scholem provides an interesting 
analysis of same. I'll try to post a bit of that later.

respectfully

In a message dated 11/30/02 12:56:36 PM, pynchonoid at yahoo.com writes:

<< Lest we think this mere fancy on Pynchon's part, we
should note that he gave Levine, this "almost me"
character, the first name Nathan. The Old Testament
prophet Nathan scolded King David for sending
Bathsheba's husband, Uriah, to certain death in battle
so the King could claim her. Nathan used yet another
parable, the parable of the ewe lamb (II Samuel
12.1-7). Later, at David's death, Nathan averted a
civil war by mediating the succession claims —there
was then no strict law of primogeniture— and insuring
that Bathsheba's son Solomon was made king over the
older Adonijah (I Kings 1.11-40).
 >>