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[OPE-L:6499] Re: Re: Re: Marx and the bible

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I'm in agreement with Paul Z. on this issue. Typically, Jew-haters divorce
Moses from "Jewishness." To say something negative about "Moses and the
Prophets" would be offensive to Christians and Jews. They are certain
prophets in the bible that are revered across Christianity, Judaism, and
Islam, i.e., Moses, Abraham, Elijah, Isaiah, Amos, Jeremiah, Ezekiel. Any
reference to "Moses and the Prophets" is a reference to this allstar
line-up. A negative comment on this group would offend a whole bunch of
folks who are not Jewish. This is true today and it was true in the the
mid-1800s.

peace, patrick l mason


At 10:52 AM 2/1/02 -0500, you wrote: 
On Fri, 1 Feb 2002, gerald_a_levy wrote:

> When people
> in Marx's time and our own ridicule the appearance and behavior of
Moses and
> Abraham et al, it is often just a thinly-veiled form of anti-Semitism. Was
> this Marx's intention? I don't know. But, given what he wrote in some
of his
> personal correspondence, it makes me wonder.
>
> In solidarity, Jerry

Well, in 'our' time, I never heard what you are talking about. This "Moses
and Prophets" remark has been in my consciousness for a quarter of a
century and never once did I think of even a hint of anti-Semitism in it.
Maybe I am naive, but it seems to me as 'looking for a problem' in order
to discredit (a typical right-wing game).  Moses was always for me the
author of the Ten Commandments.  I'm rather shocked.

Paul

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