medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
From: Terrill Heaps <[log in to unmask]>
> Jesus does use a camel for a point in another place, too: "Ye blind guides,
which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel." (Mt 23:24)
> We have an expression in modern American English, "He swallowed the whole
hog." No, "hog" is not a typo for, for example, a "fig," which could be
swallowed whole, albeit with difficulty.
then there is "He swallowed the whole line (i.e., rope)".
>I would think of Jesus' statement in scripture to be, for all intents and
purposes, a parabolic proverb employed to explicate a soteriological reality.
obviously.
my thought eggsactly.
c
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