medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Hmmmm. Adam & Eve? yrs, t. ault
On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 17:43:02 -0500
"V. Kerry Inman" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and
>culture
>
> Quoting "Cormack, Margaret Jean" <[log in to unmask]>:
>
>> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and
>>culture
>>
>> A physician friend of mine puts the genetic mix even further back -
>>Vikings!
>> (he basis this claim on the epidemiology of Multiple Sclerosis. I
>>donīt know
>> that it has ever appeared in print.)
>> meg
>>
> I am not sure this discussion is going anywhere, but it's fun
>anyway. To take
> it another step: How about Philistines? Did you know that the
>Philistines
> were just super early Vikings who came to stay like the Normans did
>in Normandy
> and Sicily? Several years ago I said this to a well known Israeli
>archeologist,
> Amnon Ben Tor, and jokingly gave several examples of my evidence for
>this--the
> swan figure heads, the long boats, the fact that they apparently
>used iron
> which came from Northern Europe. Ben Tor continued the list with
>several other
> parallels between the Vikings and the Philistines, including the
>fact that one
> group of Philistines were called 'Dane.' By the time our discussion
>was
> finished, I wasn't sure either of us was still joking. I
>subsequently came up
> with a translation of the Phaistos Disk (Spelling? It was long ago.)
>based on
> it being a Nordic language. Before I published my version someone
>else
> published an entirely different translation which I have serious
>doubts about.
>
> --V. K. Inman
>
> **********************************************************************
> To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME
> to: [log in to unmask]
> To send a message to the list, address it to:
> [log in to unmask]
> To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion
> to: [log in to unmask]
> In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write
>to:
> [log in to unmask]
>For further information, visit our web site:
> http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html
**********************************************************************
To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME
to: [log in to unmask]
To send a message to the list, address it to:
[log in to unmask]
To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion
to: [log in to unmask]
In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to:
[log in to unmask]
For further information, visit our web site:
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html
|