(urth) Wolfe's brilliance or my denseness?

[James Wynn]

If one isn't _quite_ familiar with the Bible, then the last 1800 years 
of history and literature will be viewed through a fog. 150 years ago, 
any school girl could discuss obscure tales and recite verses from the 
Bible that would be the mark of a bookish seminarian  today. We stand on 
the bones of Bible-thumpers. :-D

On 5/24/2011 11:03 AM, DAVID STOCKHOFF wrote:
> Actually, "bible thumpers" are people who are OVERLY familiar with the Bible. If the shoe fits ....
>
> ;)
>
> --- On Tue, 5/24/11, James Wynn<crushtv at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> From: James Wynn<crushtv at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: (urth) Wolfe's brilliance or my denseness?
>> To: "The Urth Mailing List"<urth at lists.urth.net>
>> Date: Tuesday, May 24, 2011, 9:10 AM
>> Acts gives both names.
>>
>> Of course, the names Wolfe selects do not always have an
>> obvious purpose to them. So it's understandable that even a
>> "bible thumper", as Antonio calls people who are familiar
>> with the Bible, could reasonably have missed the hint.