Started to respond to a series of emails and then realized a serious error on my part... I write LOTR and I *think* LOTR, tS, UT, & BOLT1-whatever... So... I am looking at a larger picture. My bad. People still want to debate, that's fine, but remind me in two weeks when I have time to drag everything out of the basement. I will also say that I do not think that T. had the goal as L. in writing a specifically NT/Christian allegory, merely that his writings are rich in Christian mystic/mythic imagery. David