For those of you who believe there was a Paul (Saul) of Tarsus--any idea whether Paul's letters were written first on scrolls and copied to codices, or written first in codices? Just curious.

I like the one where this guy comes from another planet to warn the people of Earth that they have to change their violent ways or this robot will turn the Earth into a burned-out cinder.

I liked the story of Jesus throwing the moneylenders from the temple, but it's hard to consider it a favorite story. Then there's this:

I'll admit to still enjoying the story of Joseph, possibly the best narrative in the Babble.

I love the story of Judith, not to be confused with Jude. She kills the enemy general and thus wins the battle!

the zen koans are generally reflected in the dhammapadda as well so I like those. especially the 6 blind priests story. very useful analogy. I also like the stories of the brihad aranyaka and the chandogya upanishads. they excel at these diatribes between someone and death.