It could simply be an expression. I have a similar one: when I pass up a good one-liner I will usually say "seventy-five." Back when I wasn't creeping up on that age :-) I used to say that when I'm 75, I'll probably be too old to do anything except sit in a rocking chair on my front porch, thinking of all the things I could have said. I have heard "I'm saving that for my memoirs" used in a similar fashion. Whether Strugnell was using it this way or not, I don't know, but it's one possibility among many.
On Thursday 16 March 2006 07:57, James R. Davila wrote: > Stephen, > > In the 1994 BAR article I cited in the blog post, Strugnell said that > he was saving the story of the ladies-of-uncertain-profession and the > Enoch microfilm for his memoirs . But I've heard nothing more than > that and I don't know whether he actually intends to write them. I > hope so. > > Jim > > >In an aside to a message on the Coptic Gospel of Judas, James Davila at > >http://paleojudaica.blogspot.com > >wrote "...that's not as strange as the story about the prostitute (two > >prostitutes?) who showed John Strugnell a microfilm of a (Qumran?) Enochic > >manuscript, which microfilm she had hidden in an even more unusual place. > >Strugnell did verify that something like this actually happened, but he > > seems to be saving the details for his memoirs." > > > >And I see that the latest issue of DSD (v.13 n.1, 2006) is dedicated to > > John Strugnell, belated marking of his 75th birthday. > > > >So I ask, Jim or anyone, is he writing memoirs? I hope so--I'd buy a copy. > > > >best, > >Stephen Goranson > >http://www.duke.edu/~goranson > >"Jannaeus, His Brother Absalom, and Judah the Essene" (revised a bit) > > > >_______________________________________________ > >g-Megillot mailing list > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >http://mailman.McMaster.CA/mailman/listinfo/g-megillot -- Dave Washburn http://www.nyx.net/~dwashbur Fame is fleeing, as good old Whatsisname used to say. _______________________________________________ g-Megillot mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.McMaster.CA/mailman/listinfo/g-megillot
