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The Illuminated Matsby, Vol. 5

March 17, 2010 — Matt Page

Another Image of Faith and Devotion

What is the Hebrew word for 'friend'?

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31 Responses to “The Illuminated Matsby, Vol. 5”

1. Brother Matsby Says:
   March 17, 2010 at 8:54 am

   The Moria doors seem to say to me “shhh, speak friend.”
2. Steve Evans Says:
   March 17, 2010 at 8:59 am

   Mellon Baller?
3. John C. Says:
   March 17, 2010 at 9:27 am

   It has no handle. Only you can let him into your dark, deep, creepy, dead-dwarf, goblin and balrog stuffed heart.
4. Scott B. Says:
   March 17, 2010 at 9:43 am

   This is just confusing. I thought Aragorn was Jesus, not Gandalf.
5. KLS Says:
   March 17, 2010 at 9:51 am

   Moria in Excelsis Deo
6. MCQ Says:
   March 17, 2010 at 10:41 am

   No staff, no grey hair, no grey robe, looks like Aragorn to me.
7. NoCoolName_Tom Says:
   March 17, 2010 at 10:55 am

   I Cuilië Hristo.
8. NoCoolName_Tom Says:
   March 17, 2010 at 11:21 am

   I can’t believe how many people told me I was using the wrong verb. Seriously, I just can’t believe it. So many people. :-)

   I Coirëa Hristo
9. MCQ Says:
   March 17, 2010 at 12:19 pm

   I just have to say that whoever put that snake article on the sidebar should be taken out and beaten. Really.
10. Steve Evans Says:
    March 17, 2010 at 12:29 pm

    You’re welcome!
11. Hunter Says:
    March 17, 2010 at 12:46 pm

    I resisted the temptation to look at the link in the sidebar, but after McQ’s comment, of course it was impossible to resist.

    And I agree, Steve. Really? I’m ROFP.
12. Brian Duffin Says:
    March 17, 2010 at 12:50 pm

    Great, now I have to re-do my thesis proposal!
13. Steve Evans Says:
    March 17, 2010 at 12:56 pm

    It’s not like we didn’t warn you!
14. 152 Says:
    March 17, 2010 at 1:12 pm

    I read the: “Don’t read this paper about snakes. And blood. Don’t, seriously.” and was going to stay away.

    Then I read “ew.”

    The eleven year old in me couldn’t resist.

    The eleven year old is satisfied.
15. Eric Russell Says:
    March 17, 2010 at 1:16 pm

    Will the Hebrew word work, or does he need the Aramaic one?

    Speaking of sidebar material, here’s something for you: check out the file photo for this article on pre-marital cohabitation.
16. Wm Morris Says:
    March 17, 2010 at 1:33 pm

    Silly, Eric. Clearly the creative director is illustrating how if you use the relationship tips on the LiveStrong website, you can live in sin and get to know each other, then marry civilly, and then after a year or so of hard work and because you’ve been using those relationship tips, be sealed in the SLC temple.
17. Karen H. Says:
    March 17, 2010 at 1:53 pm

    “This is just confusing. I thought Aragorn was Jesus, not Gandalf.”

    Gandalf is the holy ghost.
18. Hunter Says:
    March 17, 2010 at 2:31 pm

    Notice in the image that there’s no door handle. Yeah, notice that. Gives you goose bumps, huh? Yep.

    Karen H. — If Gandalf is the Holy Ghost, who is Lady Galadriel?
19. Ben Says:
    March 17, 2010 at 2:31 pm

    “Gandalf is the holy ghost.”
    Or at least, the Holy Ghost as he should have been ;)

    Modern Hebrew for friend is ḥavēr, I believe. bib. Hebrew rēa’, and (Targumic) Aramaic rǝḥēym
20. aquinas Says:
    March 17, 2010 at 4:29 pm

    Strictly speaking, Gandalf represents the Prophet, Frodo the Priest, and Aragorn the King. All three function as Christ-figures. See Peter Kreeft’s Christianity in the Lord of the Rings: Apologetics in Tolkien’s Classic.
21. Thomas Parkin Says:
    March 17, 2010 at 7:40 pm

    I think, actually, that is Radagast the Brown.

    (deep deep geek, for the win, methinks) ~
22. Steve Evans Says:
    March 17, 2010 at 7:43 pm

    gotta go deeper than that if you want to outgeek us, TP.
23. NoCoolName_Tom Says:
    March 18, 2010 at 9:01 am

    How about this?
24. BJohnson Says:
    March 18, 2010 at 9:11 am

    “gotta go deeper than that if you want to outgeek us, TP”

    Definitely! Come on, at least refer to him as Aiwendil.
25. Steve Evans Says:
    March 18, 2010 at 9:38 am

    Agreed. Any time you’re dealing with one of the Maiar it’s just good form to use their name in Quenya.
26. Steve G. Says:
    March 18, 2010 at 9:41 am

    I’m just glad nobody brought up Tom Bombadil, whose absence form Peter Jackson’s movie made the story less long and much more enjoyable.
27. 152 Says:
    March 18, 2010 at 9:43 am

    I feel a little like Jane Goodall watching the co-interaction of the often elusive uber-geek species. Fascinating. Their interplay is so much more complex than the simple comic-book geek.
28. crazywomancreek Says:
    March 18, 2010 at 11:34 am

    I believe in the Lord of the Rings (insofar as it is translated correctly by members of BCC.)
29. john f. Says:
    March 18, 2010 at 1:04 pm

    “Will the Hebrew word work, or does he need the Aramaic one?”

    Whichever is closest to the original Elvish, or Adamic, for the low brow.
30. Brother Matsby Says:
    March 18, 2010 at 2:13 pm

    26. Although I made the original post, I would more likely put myself in the “simple comic-book geek” category.

    Nuff said.
31. foo4luv Says:
    March 22, 2010 at 12:40 pm

    #26 — I’ve often referred to the Tom Bombadil portion as the 2nd Nephi of the Lord of the Rings Trilogy.

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