From: Jim West (jwest@highland.net)
Date: Wed Jan 28 1998 - 12:25:58 EST
At 11:18 AM 1/28/98 +0000, you wrote:
>Jim,
>
>I'm not sure just how much of your response was jest, but I don't believe the
>nickname is intended to describe the characteristics of "these boys' daddy"
>any more than SOB in English is intended to describe a person's mother. As
>SOB is a nasty way to call a person a dog, so, I believe, this nickname is
>intended to say that "these boys" act as if they were the offspring of thunder
>(whatever image that my have been intended to bring to mind).
>
>Thanks!
>
>John M. Moe
I dont take it as an insult at all- and I dont think that the author of the
Gospel intended it that way. Clearly, the term is simply a description of
their dad.
None of my response was in jest. If I jest, I make one of these smiley
faces at the end of the joke. :)
Best,
Jim
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Jim West, ThD
Adjunct Professor of Bible
Quartz Hill School of Theology
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