Hugh Elliott is reading through the New
Testament and writing about it over at Bible Versus.
I'm mentioned him before. It's a fascinating thing because Hugh is not a
Christian and is purposefully not reading commentaries or any of that. We talked
on the phone about this whole project. He could call me and talk about the
stories, but he doesn't so that I don't pollute the experiment with my
interpretations. I'm the polar opposite of Hugh. Raised in the church, seminary
degree, and spent the last 20 years wrestling with the gospels and reading
commentaries.
His latest entry is his reaction to one of
the strangest stories in the gospels. It is sometimes called the story of the
Gadarene Demoniac(s). As is often the case, his opening line is hilarious. Hugh
is reacting to Matthew's version. If you are interested, I once wrote a
dramatic account of Mark's version of this
story, which is longer and has more details.
rlp
