Fw: elliot smith

[robert wiener <wiener...>]

I thought that others might be interested in this mail from Rabbi
Andrew Bachman, the author of the article on Elliot Smith that I
referred to in an earlier post.

Bob

-----Original Message-----
From: Rabbi Andrew Bachman <rabbi(dot)bachman (at) nyu(dot)edu>
To: wiener (at) mindspring(dot)com <wiener (at) mindspring(dot)com>
Date: Tuesday, January 05, 1999 12:46 PM
Subject: elliot smith


>niles goldstein passed your address on to me.  thanks for showing
interest
>in the elliot smith.  if i understand your question regarding job, i
will
>say the following.
>
>i was not making reference to a specific verse in job but to one of
the
>general themes of the book, namely, god's intentional testing of job
(and
>many others) with suffering.  i saw this theme in quote from pitsele
which i
>used to start the article.
>
>i have yet to determine if elliot smith himself is a jew.  my friend
mac
>mccaughan at merge records (also a mindspring person) is working on
it.
>i'll let you know.
>
>please be in touch and thanks again for your interest.
>
>ab
>
>rabbi andrew bachman
>skirball director
>edgar m. bronfman center for jewish student life at nyu
>7 east 10th street
>new york, new york  10003
>tel  212-998-4110
>fax  212-995-4774
>rabbi(dot)bachman (at) nyu(dot)edu
>