ATD at the Frankfurter Buchmesse

[Paul Mackin]

On Oct 12, 2006, at 12:26 PM, David Morris wrote:

> I don't know about "heavy" grounding, but there's plenty of references
> to the Bible in GR, especially in the elect/preterite and passed-over
> bits.  There's also the rocket sacrafice.  These could both be seen in
> Old and New Testaments.

Can't very well understand post-Christian Europe (or America) without  
understanding Christian Europe.

Can't have a post-something without the something.

Post-modernism . . . . needs modernism . . .

>
> Just because you're ancestry is Jewish shouldn't scare you away from
> the New Testament.  It's not like you have to convert, or should be
> afraid of contamination or something

Many non-believing writers have displayed an understanding of belief,  
even found things to admire in it.

Proust Is an example. Never went to  mass again after his first  
communion but was not negative in his treatment of religion.

Even with regard to the Dreyfus case.


>
> David
>
> On 10/12/06, kelber at mindspring.com <kelber at mindspring.com> wrote:
>> I'd hate to think that reading Pynchon requires a heavy grounding  
>> in the Bible.
>>
>> Laura