I don't think you can put it all on Elich. The quote you selected from him
> that started this whole thing seems to me to match shag's reading and the
> quotes she's been giving from Parenti's book...
>
> That was somehow turned into Parenti working out of his league as a bible
> scholar and we were off to the races.
>
Dennis, I'll accept the blame for my initial post leaving you with the erroneous impression that that was the root of all my problems with the impression Elich conveyed of Parenti's book. It was probably a mistake for me to assume that the sheer awfulness of the review would speak for itself.
However, I'm really at a loss to imagine how you could possibly still think that after everything else I've (over)posted here, like this:
http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/pipermail/lbo-talk/Week-of-Mon-20100322/004531.html
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