[Milton-L] Reading Samson Agonistes

[Paul Miller]

Sorry Jim a quick reading of your post had me responding to alternate 
universe Jim who did have opposite views I assure you! :)

Paul Miller

So Hills amid the Air encounterd Hills
Hurl'd to and fro with jaculation dire,
That under ground, they fought in dismal
shade --- Paradise Lost

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Rovira" <jamesrovira at gmail.com>
To: "John Milton Discussion List" <milton-l at lists.richmond.edu>
Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 6:27 AM
Subject: Re: [Milton-L] Reading Samson Agonistes


> I'm not sure that either of those points are really responses to me,
> Paul.  I think perhaps you meant to respond to someone else?
>
> Jim R
>
> On Sat, Mar 1, 2008 at 11:57 PM, Paul Miller <pm9 at comcast.net> wrote:
>> 1. Jim have you read the Old Testament lately? How about the God 
>> commanded
>>  slaughters of Joshua or about a dozen other slaughters in the OT. Get a
>>  seventeenth century mindset on and quit trying to shape Milton into 
>> modern
>>  molds, he missed the 1960s thank the lord.
>>
>>  2. Samson is an OT hero of faith so holding him responsible for 
>> following
>>  the teachings of Christ might be a trifle unfair.
>>
>>  Paul Miller
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