tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post886310261393358221..comments2024-03-28T18:59:57.979+00:00Comments on Poul Anderson Appreciation: Biblical ImagesKetlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08588156788583883454noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-51263937613423836292017-04-20T19:45:24.116+01:002017-04-20T19:45:24.116+01:00Kaor, Paul!
Thanks for the nice mention of a rece...Kaor, Paul!<br /><br />Thanks for the nice mention of a recent combox comment of mine!<br /><br />I too recall Skip's rather satirical mural painting of the Last Judgment seen in THE BYWORLDER, but I don't recall any other depictions by Anderson.<br /><br />You mentioned the BVM, which reminded me of how some "fundamentalist Protestant" anti Catholics like to falsely claim the Catholic veneration of St. Mary was worship of a pagan goddess. I've seen how some say the Catholic custom of addressing the BVM as the "Queen of Heaven" was proof of that, citing texts like Jeremiah 7.18 (which mentioned how apostate Jews worshiped the pagan goddess Ishtar as "queen of heaven."<br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.com