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A Prophet Like Me
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Most people have a rather warped view of the biblical
prophets. We have tended to see them as rather like a man I saw
outside Saint Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna, dressed in what
looked like bed sheets, wearing a beard, with a sign around his
neck, and carrying a staff, and shouting things to anyone who
happened to look his way. He reminded me of some of the cartoons
I had seen in the New Yorker magazine, depicting long-bearded
characters in similar dress, usually announcing the end of the
prophets. We have tended to see them as rather like a man I saw
outside Saint Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna, dressed in what
looked like bed sheets, wearing a beard, with a sign around his
neck, and carrying a staff, and shouting things to anyone who
happened to look his way. He reminded me of some of the cartoons
I had seen in the New Yorker magazine, depicting long-bearded
characters in similar dress, usually announcing the end of the