Kata Markon

[JFAlward AT aol.com]

In a message dated 3/14/01 10:32:24 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
sblack AT axionet.com writes:


> Joe,  why would the story being fictional be the most important thing?
>
> Attempts to understand the "historicity" of any given biblical text 
> is but one element towards understanding the nature and "meaning" of 
> the text. Its merely one step along the way, not the destination!


I expressed the view that I thought Ted and I disagreed about the origin of 
some of the fiction, not whether the betrayal-arrest was fiction; the latter 
is more important than the former, that's all.  


Regards,

Joe Alward