The Name Bartemius (was: Not So Faithful (was: Re: The Imperius Curse

[Rita Winston]

No: HPFGUIDX 2999

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Jim Flanagan" <jamesf at a...> wrote:

> Bartemius (or Bartimeus or Bartimaeus) was the blind man healed by 
> Jesus.  I suspect that JKR has been studying her New Testament.

Thanks. What did JKR mean by it? I doesn't seem to me that either 
Crouch was cured of blindness, even metaphorically.

I suppose I should apologize to Neil, who said that he thought 
'Bartemius' sounded Biblical and I disagreeed. (My excuse: I think 
"Bible" and "that Christian stuff", not "Old Testament" and "New 
Testament".]