This Week's BS Study. Shylock?

by Slidin Fast 4 Replies latest jw friends

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  Slidin Fast

  Last night the subject of Simony reared its head. There was a picture (artists impression) of the event resembling a bunch of clean-cut Americans in fancy dress busy performing or observing miracles. In the foreground offering a bribe to join in is Simon. He is the only one looking like a jew as from the merchant of Venice.

  If it ever happened, weren't they all jews? The picture looks like classic anti-semitism to me. What do you think?

  I wish I could cut and paste the picture but I don't have the skills. If someone could, you may see my point.
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  Slidin Fast

  
  
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  careful

  Is this the same pic? "resembling a bunch of clean-cut Americans in fancy dress busy performing or observing miracles"? Well, one man in the background is "clean cut"-- perhaps picturing a shaved Roman or Egyptian? But the account takes place in Samaria. The "clean cut" rest in the background are females.

  The Simon portrait does look like a typical medieval Jew as pictured by some anti-Jewish gentile artist from the past. It's certainly stereotypical of a bygone era.

  Some scholars think Simon may have been a Gnostic, so the pic's creator may have that in mind. But Gnostics probably looked like "normal folks."
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  Riley

  The picture looks a little homoerotic. Kind of like the “ don’t play sports video” .