[...] Biblical Resonances in OotP

[GulPlum]

I had meant to say this in my mega-long post last night, but forgot. This 
context, however (thanks, Mike), is even more appropriate for a short 
observation, a realisation I made out of the blue yesterday when working on 
something entirely different (preparing for a wedding next month, at which 
I will be doing a biblical reading). I suspect I'm not the first to make 
this observation, but what the hell...

At 11:03 14/06/05 , Mike Gray wrote:

><snip various Biblical quotes>

>I'm not saying that Jo had all - or even any - of these verses in mind,
>let alone that she was doing some kind of biblical allegory. And yeah,
>I've pulled all ofthem out of context. (Which is why I didn't even
>bother to put in the verse references. Besides being lazy.)

I don't think we need more than one of those quotes, except this time IN 
its context. I refer to 1 Corinthians Ch. 13.

I won't quote it in full, but for those who don't know what I mean, you can 
find it here (or on any other of the millions of online Biblical 
commentaries): http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/1corinthians/1corinthians13.htm

I mean, HOW obvious can you get? Just think of all the HP references we've 
already had, never mind those likely to come. Only one additional thing I'd 
like to point out: don't forget, Harry will officially be a "man" (as 
opposed to "boy") from the beginning (his birthday) of Book Seven.

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GulPlum AKA Richard, who doesn't expect to be able to post any more today.