#2 - Misquote: "The lion will lie down with the lamb"
A common text for Christmas cards, this seems to be an abbreviated form of Isaiah 11:6 which reads, "The wolf shall live with the lamb, the leopard shall lie down with the kid, the calf and the lion and the fatling together, and a little child will lead them." (NRSV)
So how did the lion and the lamb get top billing? Does the short version simply make a better Christmas card (note the alliteration)? Do the lion and lamb make better symbols? ("The big bad wolf" gives wolves a bad name, and calves and fatlings remind us of food....)
And did you know that the popular Twilight movies have taken on the symbolism of the lion and the lamb? This ad reads, "And the lion fell in love with the lamb."
(And PS: The Twilight saga books use the image of an apple to hint at the theme of temptation. See our first installment of It's in There...Not.)
Feel free to email BJ Daly Horell with your favorite items and quotes that are not found in the Bible. I'll include as many as I can in this summer blog series!
