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| DATE | 2017-02-09 |
| FROM | Rick Moen
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| SUBJECT | Re: [Hangout-NYLXS] anyone know what is this
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Quoting Ruben Safir (ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com):
> http://images.mrbrklyn.com/2016_london/tate_mod_british_museum/.cache/2272x1514-IMG_8870.JPG
Ah, the Babylonian Captivity - not just for popes, any more.[1]
What we see there is from the reign of Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon -- a
man reputed to have had dreams needing interpretation. Who do you
suppose might tell him the meaning of a huge tree being cut down?
Anyone? Anyone? Young Belteshazzar with the funny accent?
(Cue chorus from Nabucco.)
[1] This would be a joke about the other, more metaphorical captivity,
which of course was not the subject of any Chaldean image.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avignon_Papacy
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