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The Wilderness
The empty place where the soul is stripped — every tradition sends its prophet, its messiah, its monk into the desert before the public word.
Judaism
"Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert..."
"The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God."
Christianity
"Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil."
"And immediately the Spirit driveth him into the wilderness."
Islam
"O you who covers himself [with a garment]"
Discussion
No one has written anything here yet. Some places to begin:
- Which verse landed hardest for you?
- What's a counter-text — a verse that complicates this theme?
- How does this theme show up in a tradition not represented here?
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