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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture 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.? Bernadette Filotas > > Christopher Crockett wrote: > > From: Jim Bugslag > >> > >> I recently read that the Greek word for "camel" is similar to that for > >> "rope", and that Christ's famous -- and, as it stands, rather curious -- > >> parable about a camel passing through the eye of a needle may have > >> initially been enunciated by Christ himself, in somewhat more sensible > >> terms, as a rope passing through the eye of a needle. > > > > wow. > > > > who would have thought that a simple mis-translation could have > > distorted a text? > > > > how could the Holy Spirit have allowed *that* to happen?? > > And in all three Synoptic Gospels at that... > > Any offers for the correct reading of Matthew 23:24? > > John Briggs > > ********************************************************************** > 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 > > > -- > Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.2.5/284 - Release Date: 3/17/2006 > > ********************************************************************** 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