Not P but DFW on Dostoevsky

[Ian Livingston]

"He ascended into Heaven and sitteth upon the right hand of God."
Remembering, of course, that the left hand was used for cleaning oneself
after defecation.

On Thu, Mar 30, 2023 at 5:43 AM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
wrote:

> The following excerpt is from David Foster Wallace's Joseph Frank's
> Dostoevsky:
>
> Even if we suppose he was divine — did he know? Did he know he could have
> broken the cross with just a word? Did he know in advance that death would
> just be temporary (because I bet I could climb up there, too, if I knew
> that an eternity of right-hand bliss lay on the other side of six hours of
> pain)?
>
> Here he is talking about Jesus Christ. What does the word "right-hand" mean
> in "right-hand bliss"?
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