medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
George R. Hoelzeman wrote:
> Why does John even mention the cloths?
If one accepts the traditional interpretation of "mathetev hon ephilei
ho jesous" = "the disciple whom Jesus loved" as being John himself
then John would be writing from his own experience. The apparent
neatness of the arrangement of the cloths may have struck John.
After all, if we're dealing here with your typical Burke and Hare types,
they would tend not to be so fussy.
> In a related vein, how reliable is the description of the burial cloths in the Gospel of John?
>
Any seminary library worthy of the name will contain approximately 12
metres of books dealing inconclusively with this question.
Until the late 18th century, the description was considered reliable
because it was considered an eye-witness account. More
recent accounts, e.g. "The DaVinci Code", come to different
conclusions. You pays yer money and you takes yer cherse.
Frank
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