As a result of the episode of the CNN series Finding Jesus which focused on John the Baptist, significant attention is being paid to bones which are supposedly his, and genetic testing of which has suggested they belong to a first-century Middle Eastern man. See Tony Burke’s earlier post about Serapion’s “Life of John the Baptist” and now also his follow-up post about the CNN episode. I’m not sure what precise tests are supposed to have been done or how they are... Read more
This is one of my favorite episodes. It begins with the group who were with John when he went down the well, and then they moved through time to a point before the well was built. They see the statue, completely intact. When John turns the wheel, there is one last flash, and then they are in another time. The well is back, but has been filled in. Juliette and Miles say that their headaches are gone. Juliette says that she... Read more
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I’m glad I saw this PHD Comic. This is a real issue. And while professors sometimes lag behind technologically, that isn’t what is going on here. Texting is simply not conducive to effective communication in the professional world. Students may think it is “old school” but when they themselves are in an old school, they need to learn the skills they will need in the future. That doesn’t mean learning to add punctuation to text messages. It means learning to communicate... Read more
Larry Behrendt wrote the above words in a comment here on this blog, and I asked for permission to share them with a wider audience. His own blog post “Madness in Indiana” is also important, offering a careful reading of the law that many are discussing, but often in abstraction from the details of what the law actually says. Read more
This episode was apparently supposed to air before 316. It begins with Cesar searching in the Dharma station on Hydra island. He finds Daniel’s notes. This is crucially important, as it explains how the Others knew details about when the plane would come, and thus built a runway. Daniel eventually met up with those who returned on Ajira 316, and wrote it down. Then we learn that John Locke is on the island, alive. Then the story goes back to... Read more
I’ve seen the image above in several places, including Open Parachute. I think there is a more widespread cultural issue behind this. Boasting that your child is a successful athlete or a beauty pageant winner is not viewed in the same way as boasting that your child is an intellectual genius, is it? I wonder whether we do not have a cultural issue of people viewing scientific kinds of expertise in a way that they would not view sporting, musical, technical, mechanical,... Read more
Karl Sharro created the diagram above to clarify the geopolitical relationships in the Middle East, which many find confusing. It appeared in The Atlantic together with accompanying text which, if you read it, will make things clearer still. I thought I would share it here, in case there are blog readers who struggle to grasp the precise situation. Viewing the diagram with 3D glasses also helps. Read more
I had drawn to my attention that a new book on a field of great interest to me – Johannine Christology – is due out soon: Wendy North’s A Journey Round John: Tradition, Interpretation and Context in the Fourth Gospel (The Library of New Testament Studies), published by Bloomsbury. You can advance order the book with a 35% discount using this A Journey Round John pre-order form. Here is the blurb: In A Journey Round John Wendy E. S. North considers... Read more
It was announced today that Holocaust survivor Eva Kor, who runs the Candles Holocaust Museum, will be speaking at Butler University’s commencement this year, and will receive an honorary doctorate. Just this morning, before receiving the e-mail about the above, I saw an article about Kor forgiving a former white supremacist. Kor is quoted as saying, “It’s tough, really, to realize that your whole philosophy and direction of life is so wrong. Admitting that and changing direction is remarkable, and it... Read more
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