It has been a while since I’ve shared a piece of music, and so here is some Bruce Broughton for you to enjoy. I caught the end of the piece on the radio yesterday and knew I needed to look it up. Read more
It has been a while since I’ve shared a piece of music, and so here is some Bruce Broughton for you to enjoy. I caught the end of the piece on the radio yesterday and knew I needed to look it up. Read more
The quote comes from a Facebook status update by Jesse Dooley, shared here with his permission. Read more
I’m not one of those bloggers who asks for donations – the fact that most of you visit here without using AdBlocker or something similar is quite enough, and I am grateful. But as an Amazon associate, I suppose I ought to let you know that, if you do your Amazon shopping through by clicking here, rather than just navigating directly to Amazon.com, I will earn a small percentage based on what you spend. It costs you nothing extra whatsoever, but it benefits... Read more
Make of this what you will…but if you are so inclined, it might actually be interesting to talk about what would or would not change in Star Wars if Donald Trump, saying the things that he has been lately, were substituted for Darth Vader. Would it be more scary or less? Read more
Peter Gurry has written an interesting post about variants in the manuscripts of the New Testament. The short version is that one first has to define what one means by “variants,” since we do not have an original against which to compare, and even then it can be unclear precisely what number one ought to come up with. Click through for a summary of the issues plus links to fuller treatments of the topic. And while James Snapp usually blogs about... Read more
Don’t get me wrong. I am delighted that one can use Google Street View to visit the Israel Museum. It is an amazing place, and everyone ought to rush to do this immediately. It really is very cool. But for those who may be wondering, it is still worth actually going to the museum, not least because walking through its collections can be part of a broader experience that involves walking the streets of old Jerusalem. Yes, I know that you... Read more
A timely MOOC was drawn to my attention – Yale University is offering one that relates to the depiction of the Jewish menorah on the Arch of Titus, and so may be worth looking into – or perhaps rebelling against – in this Hanukkah season. Or maybe just plan to take it for one day, and discover it lasts for eight… Larry Hurtado also blogged some scholarly interaction with Anna Collar that touched on the menorah, among other things. And on the... Read more
I like this cartoon, since it takes an idol worshiped by many who claim to be Christians, and relates it to another idol mention in the Bible which they would never worship. Hopefully it will make some such individuals think. But it would be unfair not to point out that there are differences as well as similarities. Worshiping the golden calf didn’t lead to nearly as many deaths. Read more
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