2013-01-17T13:13:28-05:00

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I received this from the ARAM Society and wanted to share it: Mandaeism, 08-10 July 2013 (University of Oxford) ARAM Society for Syro-Mesopotamian Studies is organizing its Thirty Sixth International Conference on the theme of Mandaeism, to be held at the Oriental Institute, the University of Oxford, 08-10 July, 2013. The conference aims to study Mandaeism and its relationship to Near Eastern religions and Gnostic movements. The conference will start on Monday 08th July finishing on Wednesday 10th July at... Read more

2013-01-17T11:10:08-05:00

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Via IO9, I learned of a new interactive map of the Roman world: ORBIS: The Stanford Geospatial Network Model of the Roman World. http://orbis.stanford.edu/ You can set a starting and destination point (say Jerusalem and Tarsus, for instance), and find out what was involved in traveling between the two by various means of transportation, including what provisions would be needed and other such details we may neglect to think about. Click through to take a look and explore its features. Here’s... Read more

2013-01-17T10:38:36-05:00

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Today’s cartoon by David Hayward hits the nail on the head about a lot of Christianity today (as well as in other eras): So many evaluate the Christian credentials of individuals and groups based on how frequently they reference Jesus or the Bible or the word Christian, and how positively. But in a text which itself has been twisted, Jesus is presented as saying that many will call him “Lord” more than once and yet it will do them no... Read more

2013-01-17T07:49:49-05:00

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  Via Facebook. That image led me to find this one:     Read more

2013-01-16T18:26:07-05:00

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Today's Non Sequitur   Read more

2013-01-16T14:50:14-05:00

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Via Nancy French, I learned of a bizarre online article by Liberty “University” professor Johnnie Moore, in which he claims that Jesus was a capitalist fundamentally opposed to socialism. Why this person thinks it wise to pontificate about Jesus and the Bible without first studying them in their historical context is beyond me. Here is the core of the piece: First, Jesus encouraged his followers to exclusively practice voluntary, personal charity. At no point—either in Jesus’ ministry or in the... Read more

2013-01-16T10:07:03-05:00

Last updated on: January 16, 2013 at 10:07 am   By

The above is a new trailer for Fringe (HT IO9; go here if you haven’t seen the previous one). I am rather sorry that there isn’t the same sort of excitement that there was about the finale of LOST (so much so that my posts about the LOST finale continue to get visits). Not only is Fringe another J. J. Abrams show, but it seems as though it has done many of the same things that LOST did, but with clearer... Read more

2013-01-16T07:34:52-05:00

Last updated on: January 16, 2013 at 7:34 am   By

  HT Jim West   Read more

2013-01-15T21:12:14-05:00

Last updated on: January 15, 2013 at 9:12 pm   By

One of my favorite pieces by one of my favorite composers, who died 39 years ago today. Read more

2013-01-15T19:02:39-05:00

Last updated on: January 15, 2013 at 7:02 pm   By

While next Monday is celebrated as the official holiday Martin Luther King Day in the United States, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King was born on January 15th. On this the birthday of one who is surely the most famous politically, economically, and theologically progressive Christian, it seemed worth sharing some of the many quote posters circulating around the web.   Read more

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