The coming age is, of course, what is often called ‘the messianic age’, but the term is a misleading one. The designation ‘messiah’ — which in Hebrew and Aramaic means simply ‘anointed one’ — figures only rarely in the Hebrew Bible; and when it does appear, it is simply a title given to the king or, when the monarchy no longer existed, to the high priest. The expected future king, of David's line, is never referred to as ‘messiah’. Nor is that future king ever portrayed as a supernatural figure.
The barbarian kings of Italy pursued their own interests, but they ruled, to begin with at least, in the name of the distant Emperor in Constantinople, maintaining and honouring the Roman Senate, and accepting the honorific title ‘Patrician of the Romans’. Even Odoacer’s ferocious successor Theoderic, a man who could sign his own name only with the help of a stencil cut from a plate of gold, accepted and exploited the fiction of empire. Theoderic adopted Roman dress, and his coinage carried the image of the Emperor. The Gothic kings based themselves on the Adriatic coast, in the old capital of the Western empire at Ravenna, and the glamour of Rome persisted. As Theoderic himself declared, ‘Any Goth who can, wants to be a Roman: no Roman wants to be a Goth.’
I was closely involved with this operation. Obote and I had a personal radio link with Amin. Ours was code- named “Sparrow”; Amin’s was “Kisu.” The rebels often came to Entebbe, stayed in Amin’s house, and saw Obote. Their greatest need was for arms and transport. They had no cash, but they did have truckloads of gold and ivory, seized as they
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But people were people, no matter their title, and some desires were universal. Unfortunately, the ability to fulfill them was not.
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Happy Hour by 
Marlowe Granados . Well, maybe I should not put it like that, using the word ''analyze'', because that is not exactly what I mean to do; but you should know that I am going to tell what I think about this book. You may have noticed that I am writing in English. I have two reasons for
