33 is a third (nearly) of 100, and is a multiple of three, and represents
the prime of life: so it is fascinating to the ancient mind
32 is 2 to the power of 5, and frightfully significant in the binary world
of computers, and so fascinates the modern mind.
But not half as much as 2000...
a.c.
>>Fernando Carvalhaes Duarte
>wrote...
>
>>- numerological thinking of the period: is 32 a symbolic "tag" or was it
>>a belief at the time that Christ lived 32 years("J.Christ lived 32 years
>>in this world...")?
>>
>This is very minor, but I was under the impression that Christ was 33 when
>he died... and I've been telling undergrads this for some time. Am I
>wrong!? (gasp!) At least, what did medieval people beleive?
>
>
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>Nicole Morgan Schulman Omittamus studia dulce est desipere,
>Dept. of History, U. of Toronto et carpamus dulcia iuventutis tenere!
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Anselm Cramer OSB
Ampleforth Abbey, York
GB - YO6 4EN
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