dsg@mhuxi.UUCP (David S. Green) (01/08/86)
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The last few postings about the location of the Temple Mount reminds me
of two things:
1. Old Joke -
Question: Why do Jews always answer a question with a question?
Answer: We do?
2. Quote from Joseph Heller's book "God Knows" ( the REAL story of David the
King) -
"The Jews invented the rhetorical question when God asked 'Where is
Abel? and Cain replied 'Am I my brothers keeper?'"harwood@cvl.UUCP (David Harwood) (01/10/86)
In article <388@mhuxi.UUCP> dsg@mhuxi.UUCP (David S. Green) writes: >[] > >The last few postings about the location of the Temple Mount reminds me >of two things: > >1. Old Joke - > Question: Why do Jews always answer a question with a question? > Answer: We do? > >2. Quote from Joseph Heller's book "God Knows" ( the REAL story of David the > King) - > "The Jews invented the rhetorical question when God asked 'Where is > Abel? and Cain replied 'Am I my brothers keeper?'" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Every question by God is 'rhetorical', and the first is the most important: "...they hid from **** God among the trees of the garden, but **** God called to the man, 'Where are you?'..." Actually, ~Cain~ seeks to hide from God, answering a question with a question. (Of course, Cain is not a Jew, and Moses overheard this conversation from behind a tree :-) So what ~does~ Heller know? Not even "God knows". David Harwood