I was reading away in a book entitled The Bible in Greek Christian Antiquity which is a translation of some essays originally in French, with the first of the essays about the Septuagint by Paul Lamarche. In this essay he stresses that of course the Septuagint is not in its origins a Christian collection of translations of the Hebrew OT, plus some added material, but rather a Jewish creation, with the first part, namely the translation of the Pentateuch likely completed... Read more
The acrobats on this team of Circque are world class– could have been Olympians… Read more
I’ve seen the Circque before in Chicago, but not this show, and this one was miles better than the Chicago one. Spectacular acrobatics, a climbing wall, lots of enjoyable music and singing, colorful costumes— and a theme, in this case OVO i.e. eggs. Oh did I mention bugs— including a rather portly ladybug playing hard to get…. The show was about 2 hours long with a 20 minute intermission. Here’s some fun shots from the show which we saw the... Read more
MYSTERIUM They say it is a ‘mystery’ A puzzle in a phrase But is it revelation Which always will amaze? They find the ‘mystery’ lacking Clear diction and quite plain And if it causes pondering They’re going to complain. Where is the love of eloquence In form and substance too Must discourse be plebian In order to get through? Not all things in the Bible Are clear to one and all And when the truth’s apparent... Read more
This is, without question, one of the most erudite and at the same time accessible, surveys of the dilemmas that translators face in translating the Bible, not only into English but into many other languages as well. The Bible is of course the most sold, the most bought, the most translated work in all of human history– by a lot. It behooves all Christians who care about the Bible to know something about how it came to be put... Read more
They all say they’ve got the Holy Grail. So who’s right? By Julia Buckley, CNN 12 minute read Published 5:00 AM EDT, Sat August 17, 2024 on the CNN website Jesus is often depicted at the Last Supper with a cup, as depicted here by Frans Pourbus the Younger, in a painting at the Louvre. Frans II Pourbus/Gianni Dagli Orti/Shutterstock CNN — Wherever you go, the experience is usually the same. You enter a church or a cathedral, and an ecclesiastical hush... Read more
Seen at a Walmart parking lot. Read more
There is much more to see on the two floors of the aquarium. It’s not as large as the one in Atlanta, but it’s well worth seeing. And if you leave the aquarium through the exit from the gift shop, you might just find this… Read more
There are lots of excellent signs in the aquarium to help orient folks on what they are seeing. There are cute little turtles that children allowed to touch… And they can learn about lily pads and sea anemones too . But the weird award goes to the corn snake which they have in a cage in the aquarium. Why? He doesn’t belong in an aquarium. Read more
So they actually have not just regular gators (and not from Gainsville), but special ones– an albino gator. And if that’s not enough to put you off your lunch, there are poison dart frogs, that look beautiful but are deadly…. Were that not enough… jaws shows up. Here are the teeth from a great white, or is it Jonah’s whale? Read more
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