tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9396860.post8298423801430636582..comments2024-03-28T03:07:38.250-04:00Comments on <center> Ralph the Sacred River </center>: Mike Pence and the SpiderEdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05188482189638751204noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9396860.post-38531250938290724692020-10-14T19:56:53.196-04:002020-10-14T19:56:53.196-04:00AJ, I had completely forgotten that allusion. Tha...AJ, I had completely forgotten that allusion. Thanks for reminding me. And thanks to all for the comments.<br />Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05188482189638751204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9396860.post-31184885627585540592020-10-14T18:15:45.732-04:002020-10-14T18:15:45.732-04:00And as Prof. Cook would know quite well, having tr...And as Prof. Cook would know quite well, having translated this text, the story also appears in abbreviated reference in the Aramaic Translation of the Psalms on Ps 57:3.<br /><br />AJ Berkovitz,<br />Assistant Professor<br />Hebrew Union College AJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11692316073688304022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9396860.post-54500903706207913742020-10-14T16:58:05.246-04:002020-10-14T16:58:05.246-04:00And the same story was told about Muhammad on his ...And the same story was told about Muhammad on his Hijra from Mecca to Medina (Miracle of the Spider) https://theislamicinformation.com/miracles-muhammad-cave-thawr/<br /> and a related one about the Holy Family on the flight to Egypt (The Miracle of the Wheatfield). http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/1568/georges-trubert-the-flight-into-egypt-french-about-1480-1490/<br /><br /><br />Mary Joan Leith<br />Professor, Religious Studies and Theology<br />Stonehill College<br />Easton, MA<br /><br />Professoressahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13907320875622515985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9396860.post-67688798847264828142020-10-13T14:33:12.763-04:002020-10-13T14:33:12.763-04:00And Robert the Bruce. Looking that up, Wikipedia t...And Robert the Bruce. Looking that up, Wikipedia tells me:<br /><br />A similar story is told, for example, in Jewish sources about King David, in Polish accounts about Bruce's contemporary Władysław I the Elbow-High,[110] and in Persian folklore about the Mongolian warlord Tamerlane and an ant.[111]<br />Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05138444961360454721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9396860.post-70241965389554868342020-10-13T14:19:37.882-04:002020-10-13T14:19:37.882-04:00I saw that story about Pence and the supposed Bibl...I saw that story about Pence and the supposed Bible quote. It didn't sound familiar, so I ran a search on a Bible website, which found nothing. Turning to Google, I found references to the story on "teaching the Bible to children" websites, presumably Evangelical, and one similar Jewish website that stated the story was midrash, but w/o citation. Thank you for quickly tracking this down!Kevin in Chicagohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04134839107044549138noreply@blogger.com