My favorite symphony by this great Russian composer of the Romantic era. Read more
My favorite symphony by this great Russian composer of the Romantic era. Read more
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Since it has been a long time since there’s been anything related to the Matrix here on my blog which has Matrix in the title, I thought I should share the above video – the Matrix as retold by someone’s mom. HT 3QuarksDaily. Read more
Over on the blog A God-Sized Puzzle, Eruesso brought Doctor Who and the Tao Te Ching together and came up with this: This can lead to some interesting discussions at the intersection of religion and science fiction. Human beings hunger revelations, but they fail to satisfy in the long term. You can see this in religions – no matter how much something from an earlier period is regarded as the decisive revelation, people always add to it, even if they... Read more
I had a student provide this quote, supposedly from Acts 26:18, in an assignment: The first step of education is to have one’s eyes opened and be turned from darkness to light. I Googled it and found it has circulated quite widely online. But it doesn’t correspond to the meaning of the Greek text of Acts 26:18, although parts of it are based on it. And so I thought I would mention it here and see if anyone else has... Read more
Tom Verenna drew a new book to my attention, Bart Ehrman and the Quest of the Historical Jesus of Nazareth. He has now written a very negative review of the volume. Although Richard Carrier is a contributor to the volume, and says that Tom’s review is too scathing, Carrier’s own review is not much less so. What he writes about the contributions to the volume by people like Rene Salm and Earl Doherty is absolutely priceless! On the subject of... Read more
Another insightful and challenging cartoon from David Hayward. Read more
Jeff Carter will host the next Biblical Studies Carnival, with the highlights from around the biblioblogs during May 2013. I expect it to contain anomalies galore. Read more
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