I agree. Just a couple of quick comments:
1) I'm responsible for introducing the term "domino theory" but it's a little
misleading. After a couple of centuries of historical criticism of the Bible just about
every possible extreme of dehistoricisizing of Scripture has been undertaken - Jesus
never lived &c. The view that I argue for, which is actually quite conservative in
comparison with things like the Jesus Seminar or people arguing that the Exodus never
happened - can hardly be seen as the first domino which will lead to complete
de-historicizing.
2) If Jairus' daughter being raised 2 or 3 times is a real possibility then
virtually all the language in the Bible can be "historicized" up to & including the 23d
Psalm. (If Nebuchadnezzar was turned into a beast who ate grass then maybe the psalmist
_was_ literally led to pasture by God!) Some may consider such a possibility wonderful.
I think it's a kind of "historicizing" that's lost touch with the real world.
Shalom,
George
-- George L. Murphy gmurphy@raex.com http://web.raex.com/~gmurphy/