medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Charles Giguere (or possibly Bernadette Filotas) wrote:
>
> You shock me. Am I to understand that Miss Mahon, my 1st high
> religion/Latin/history (& perhaps geometry) teacher at D'Arcy McGee
> H.S., a great teacher and wonderful woman, was not infallible? She
> explained that this passage referred to a gate in Jerusalem that was
> called the "Needle". Is this another example of the 70 virgins/70
> raisins misuderstanding.?
She probably withheld the information that the Greek refers to a sewing
needle. Was the Jerusalem Gate called that in Greek? (I think the "Eye of
the Needle" was alleged to be the pedestrian gate.)
John Briggs
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