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| The Great Isaiah Scroll. Wrong chapter, but you get the general idea ... |
“Thank you — what a beautiful interpretation of that
passage,” gushed one reader. “I love the sense of Judaism and Christianity out
of which Bess operates. It immediately recommends itself to me as wholesome and
authentic,” enthuses another.
But despite the alleged aura of wholesomeness and authenticity, it seems to me that Bess doesn’t so
much reinterpret Luke 4 as miss its real meaning as completely as did the citizens of the Lord’s hometown of Nazareth, his original audience.
