Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!wuarchive!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!psuvax1!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: hammer@sp29.csrd.uiuc.edu (David Hammerslag) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: a dog, a woman and a prayer of a man Message-ID: Date: 24 Dec 90 08:28:32 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: University of Illinois Center for Supercomputing Research and Development Lines: 14 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu [Angela Chin asked about a prayer Thank God I am not a dog, Thank God I am not a woman.... I noted that I believed it is part of an ancient Jewish prayer, but that I had also heard of a similar prayer for women that thanked God for not making them a man. --clh] I have seen the above prayer cited (with references) in a (NT) commentary. It is from a BCE Jewish prayer. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- David Hammerslag | Keep an open mind, but not so open that people hammer@uicsrd.csrd.uiuc.edu | throw garbage in. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------