Subject: cronology of names in bible |
Bible Note: Good morning, Darcy -- Years ago I had a thin little volume called "The Humor of Christ." In no way sacreligious or scurrilous, it pointed out certain incidents in Christ's discourses in which the author saw in our Lord a genuine sense of wholesome humor. I have no idea what happened to that fine little volume and wish I did, because I'd like to read it again. Your reference to the young Jewish mother who named her child Mahershalalhashbaz while she was in labor pains brought to mind for some reason the little volume on Christ's sense of humor. The mother must have had a certain sense of humor to name her child Mahershalalhashbaz -- that, or her labor pains were particularly severe. In either case, a sense of humor would have helped the child go through life bearing the name Mahershalalhashbaz. By the time guests at his home were able to pronounce his name in full it would have been time for them to leave. --Hank |