tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post8772657874722690448..comments2024-03-27T18:18:11.525-06:00Comments on American Creation: Thomas Kidd Likes Rhodehamel's New Book, But . . .Brad Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17669677047039491864noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-58660201392407245222017-05-18T18:46:38.533-06:002017-05-18T18:46:38.533-06:00Tom, your link to Frederick B. Jonassen's jour...Tom, your link to Frederick B. Jonassen's journal article, <a href="http://scholarship.law.wm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1614&context=wmborj" rel="nofollow"><i>Kiss the Book...You're President...: SHMG</i></a> is most appreciated. If you look at footnotes <77> & <79>, you'll see the source Jonassen frequently relied upon. Sadly, the link to which he refers has stopped working. Matt Goldstein is working on finding another webservice to host the article. <br /><br />But, as early as Elizabethan time, kissing the Bible was said to resemble “smacking the calf-skin.” This was a backhanded reference to Hosea 13.2, where it mentions pagan worship of the golden calf.Ray Sollerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07950061062767093373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-75527526344128347892017-05-17T14:14:26.528-06:002017-05-17T14:14:26.528-06:00Great job Ray. Thanks for posting this. I was goin...Great job Ray. Thanks for posting this. I was going to, but now I don't have to. Jonathan Rowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04079637406589278386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-36780900792098486872017-05-17T00:49:54.020-06:002017-05-17T00:49:54.020-06:00But did Washington kiss the Bible? If so, it makes...But did Washington kiss the Bible? If so, it makes a lot of this nitpicky, and indeed scholarly malpractice if Rhodehamel omitted this point.<br /><br /><br />Many first-hand accounts say he did [see page 885].<br /><br />http://scholarship.law.wm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1614&context=wmborjTom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.com