Bible thumpers, old and new

[Bryan Snyder]

"Still somewhat mystified by Pynchon's take on spirituality, but he seems to
regard spiritual dimensions as quite probably real, coexistent, interactive
and humorously strange, sadly misunderstood, and tragically hopeful."

Well said.  He obviously has a very deep knowledge of all sorts of religions
and areas of the occult.  

Biblical references are all over GR too, obviously.

Does anyone know of any papers, or essays that discuss Pynchon in specific
Biblical terms?  My order of the Gnostic Pynchon was screwed up by
Abebooks.com (which is apparently normal over there) so I'm sure that has a
good bit of that sort of material.  There doesn't seem to be as much as that
stuff floating around (at least online)... maybe I'm not looking hard
enough.



-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pynchon-l at waste.org [mailto:owner-pynchon-l at waste.org] On Behalf
Of Joseph Tracy
Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2007 1:05 AM
To: pynchon-l at waste.org
Subject: Re: Bible thumpers, old and new

Not a thumper per se,  kind of a non pietist Quaker, sentient  
rockster, medieval craftsman type with a large capacity for useless  
information, but I know the Bible well and have written several posts  
pointing out  what appear to me to be strong Biblical references in  
ATD. Still somewhat mystified by Pynchon's take on spirituality, but  
he seems to regard spiritual dimensions as quite probably real,  
coexistent, interactive and humorously strange, sadly misunderstood,  
and tragically hopeful.

I, for one , look forward to the possibility that "Friend Tom " will  
arrive again, well read in the ways of the Pynchon and ready to bring  
us some good news.

On May 21, 2007, at 1:45 PM, Penny Padgett Harper wrote:

> Bryan Snyder asks:
>
>> Are there any bible thumpers (no offense) on the P-List??  Their
>> take on some stuff would be very interesting indeed.
>
> Define "bible thumper," then we'll talk.
>
> Penny
>
>