From Peter Fyfe
I dispute Stephen Lafferty’s claim that the concept of cloning Jesus
originated with satirist Chris Morris’s idea for a radio programme in 1992
(18 November, p 66).
The Australian novelist Peter Goldsworthy in Honk if you are Jesus,
published by Angus & Robertson the same year, spins a great yarn about a
rich American fundamentalist sponsoring research into cloning Jesus for his Gold
Coast Christian Theme Park, using DNA recovered from holy relics. It certainly
precedes Morris’s broadcasting the idea in 1994, even if Morris suggested the
idea earlier.
Sydney
