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John,
Here’s a scan of that book I was telling you about. I think, after some
consideration, it probably falls into your department rather than
mine. I can’t imagine it’s anything other than a hoax, although it’s an
undeniably fascinating hoax. Not only do we have in this strange little
book a fictional piece of pseudepigraphia, but it’s accompanied by this
weird bogus scholarship, as if a small committee really had thrashed out
a new translation of some religious text that had never existed, in which
the central messianic figure was not Jesus Christ but Saint Longinus, the
centurion who in the stories thrust the spear into Christ’s side.
I am sure that you’re familiar with that Borges story where they find
a single copy of an encyclopedia that has an inexplicable extra entry
about a country that does not exist? I feel like I have stumbled upon
that book myself. It was mis-shelved in the university library when I
found it. In the Greek Loebs, between Polybius and Polycrates, looking
really out of place among those tatty little green hardbacks. I have it
on my desk here, and the lettering on the front and spine says the title:
Testament of Longinus. It didn’t have a number or a label. It looks like a
small press piece, or maybe one of those new print-on-demand books. The
publication date is given as last year.
But it wasn’t a university acquisition. I thought about handing it in at
the desk, should have done that, but... I don’t know. I put it in my bag. I’m
not proud of that. I expect I’ll relent and hand it in eventually. But I
want to get to the bottom of this. Who makes a book like this?
See what you make of it, John. I’d be interested to know.
-Daniel
-Daniel
See what you make of it, John. I’d be interested to know.
want to get to the bottom of this. Who makes a book like this?
not proud of that. I expect I’ll relent and hand it in eventually. But I
the desk, should have done that, but... I don’t know. I put it in my bag. I’m
But it wasn’t a university acquisition. I thought about handing it in at
publication date is given as last year.
small press piece, or maybe one of those new print-on-demand books. The
Testament of Longinus. It didn’t have a number or a label. It looks like a
on my desk here, and the lettering on the front and spine says the title:
really out of place among those tatty little green hardbacks. I have it
found it. In the Greek Loebs, between Polybius and Polycrates, looking
that book myself. It was mis-shelved in the university library when I
about a country that does not exist? I feel like I have stumbled upon
a single copy of an encyclopedia that has an inexplicable extra entry
I am sure that you’re familiar with that Borges story where they find
centurion who in the stories thrust the spear into Christ’s side.
the central messianic figure was not Jesus Christ but Saint Longinus, the
a new translation of some religious text that had never existed, in which
weird bogus scholarship, as if a small committee really had thrashed out
book a fictional piece of pseudepigraphia, but it’s accompanied by this
undeniably fascinating hoax. Not only do we have in this strange little
mine. I can’t imagine it’s anything other than a hoax, although it’s an
consideration, it probably falls into your department rather than
Here’s a scan of that book I was telling you about. I think, after some
John,
The
TeSTA MeNT
of
LoNGINUS
A Revised Translation of the text from the Latin and Greek
containing the
Rule of Golgotha
, the
Sanguinaria
and the
Eschaton
edited by committee
SPLD
Atlanta Reykjavik Shanghai London
MMVIII
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