Word: messiah
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Limbaugh is talking to a lot of people, politically stranded by the media, who believe that only he is talking to them. But no one has proposed him for President or Messiah; and he declares he would not apply for either job. Other listeners abhor the political product but enjoy the spiel. You can find diversion in any aspect of the Limbaugh carnival: the tight-wire walker or the Tilt-a-Whirl, the sideshow barker or the geek. You might even find it salutary to have your own exalted prejudices shaken by him. Last time we looked, Rush was still...
...gently Jewish family from Cleveland and worshipper of Holden Caulfield. Jane tells about, among others, her mother, who divorces Jane's father and takes up the violin, and her formerly promiscuous sister, who marries an Orthodox doctor and gives birth to a boy Jane jokingly calls "the Little Messiah." Except for eloquent moments, the reader longs for a little verve. Jane is a nice girl who should go to college, marry a nice boy and leave narrating no-hitters to another heroine...
Christianity, for one thing. LIVE from Golgotha takes a shocking look at Jesus' claim as the Messiah and at those who, like St. Paul and St. Timothy, spread the word. Though the author has personally never progressed beyond a manual Smith Corona ("I have spent my life changing ribbons"), he has a sophisticated knowledge of computer gadgetry and a puddle jumper's expertise at time tripping...
...down his own account of the glory days, but he is thwarted by sci-fi circuitry that allows other people to penetrate his narrative. In particular, two chaps named Cutler intrude ruthlessly. Gradually it becomes clear that Cutler One wants to discard Jesus and await a Messiah who does not end up on a cross. Cutler Two opts for Jesus as the focus of a new religion. In this muddle, centuries turn inside out and the cast at Golgotha can be changed and added to; there is even room for Mary Baker Eddy and Dr. Helen Schucman. It is also...
Such links with Christianity, of course, depend on whether the scrolls were written in Jesus' era pparently referring to the coming Messiah, the text declares that he will "heal the wounded, resurrect the dead ((and)) preach glad tidings to the poor." The passage closely resembles the words of Jesus in the Nazareth synagogue (Luke 4) ty concern is simply to find out what this text means." He asserts that here and in parallel passages, the Dead Sea Messiah "appears as triumphant -- as is usually the case. That is the normal Jewish tradition." Eisenman says either translation is possible, whereas Wise...