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December 02, 2010
London, 1835: Young Disraeli Disses Daniel O'Connell.
Yes, I am a Jew, and when the ancestors of the right honorable gentleman were brutal savages in an unknown island, mine were priests in the temple of Solomon.
--Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881), Parliament, 1835.
Posted by Holden Oliver (Kitzbühel Desk) at December 2, 2010 11:54 PM
Comments
Disraeli did not know his history. The Druids of Ireland were far more educated than the priests of the Temple of Solomon, who were simply ritual functionaries.
Plus the Irish pagan civilization is older than the Jews and was only dissed because they did not have a written tradition, but the Jews themselves depended upon oral tradition until 900 B.C. when King David canonized the law.
Posted by: Bill Lynch at March 3, 2011 10:16 PM
I suggest a tie. Druids/Pagan Celtic--esoteric knowledge, then and now. Jews--traditional "Western" knowledge, then and now.
Posted by: Holden Oliver at March 4, 2011 02:27 AM