tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123673175206096526.post5104872369188436123..comments2023-05-12T05:16:24.072-04:00Comments on Matthue Roth, author of My First Kafka, Never Mind the Goldbergs, and a bunch of other books: Were the Maccabees Jerks?matthuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14091862925316117002noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123673175206096526.post-17292136474845323702010-02-05T01:21:36.063-05:002010-02-05T01:21:36.063-05:00"And it shall be, when you hear the sound of ..."And it shall be, when you hear the sound of steps in the tops of the mulberry trees, then you shall bestir yourself; for then the Lord has gone out before you to smite the camp of the Philistines" (24:5 Shemwell II).<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFzNi4eaxpQ<br /><br />"It begins, "The Maccabee guerrillas, hiding in the trees, just chillin'/Till injustice starts pervading/We could use a little savin'." Ever since I was a kid, I loved that image -- of someone hiding out in a tree, maybe a soldier about to attack, but foremostly of someone scared out of his mind, running for his life, and safe, if only for the moment. And that's how I always thought of the Maccabees. As these little guys on the run, just tryin' to believe what they believe without someone trying to stomp them out."<br /><br />"the sound of steps in the tops of the mulberry trees: which are the sounds of angels treading in the treetops whom I have lent to your aid" — Rashi<br />"then you shall bestir: You shall raise the cry of battle and whet your sword[s]; 'glapir' in French. Similarly, 'A dog did not whet his tongue'" (Ex. 16:7).<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoC_PGXD4Swבְּשֵם יְהוָֹה וְיֵשׁוּעַ וְרוחַ מִרְיָםhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10944036746444807053noreply@blogger.com