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HAVING TAKEN a cursory glance at some of the 18-year-olds--children, really--who belong to Harvard's Class of '96, I'm damn glad I'm not a first-year again. But even if I were, I'd be damn glad at least that I'm male. For women far more than for men, there's danger of the sexual kind on campus these days...
Such links with Christianity, of course, depend on whether the scrolls were written in Jesus' era pparently referring to the coming Messiah, the text declares that he will "heal the wounded, resurrect the dead ((and)) preach glad tidings to the poor." The passage closely resembles the words of Jesus in the Nazareth synagogue (Luke 4) ty concern is simply to find out what this text means." He asserts that here and in parallel passages, the Dead Sea Messiah "appears as triumphant -- as is usually the case. That is the normal Jewish tradition." Eisenman says either translation is possible, whereas Wise...
...over the poor; by his strength he shall renew the faithful. He shall glorify the pious upon the throne of the eternal kingdom. He shall release the captives, restore sight to the blind, make straight those who are bent double . . . He shall heal the wounded, resurrect the dead, preach glad tidings to the poor...
...sounding boards and professes a midlife conversion to sensitivity. Not all women will be convinced, especially when he boasts that "having a penis is like owning a cat. What a comedy and what a gift." Men should find this celebration of the antic phallus cheering but may not be glad Rhodes...
...lost children was alloyed with a more complex emotion: a realization of all that was lost when our unwilling ancestors made their transatlantic voyage. Our centuries in America have transformed black Americans into a Western people. The boxer Muhammad Ali, after visiting Africa, joked that he was glad "my great granddaddy caught that ship." The point is that whether or not we rejoice in the fact, our ancestors did come to America, and not many of us can ever go completely home again...