Tarantino the biblical scholar

Last night, we rewatched Pulp Fiction. When listening to Samuel L. Jackson’s fake Bible verse (Ezekiel 25:17), it struck me that it was absolutely perfect to inscribe the phrase “And you will know my name is the LORD” into the gangster context.

One thinks immediately of Marlo’s “My name is my name!” — and wonders if perhaps Omar is the Baal to Marlo’s YHWH.