Jesus left there and went to his hometown, accompanied by his disciples. When the Sabbath came, he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were amazed. “Where did this man get these things?” they asked. “What’s this wisdom that has been given him? What are these...
David W. Bebbington is a historian who is both Professor of History at the University of Stirling in Scotland and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, as well as an adjunct professor at Baylor University's Truett Seminary. An undergraduate at Jesus College, Cambridge, Bebbington began ...
Now that I teach art history, I always make it a point to mention this - not that this generation knows who Monty Python is..." Janet Oliver, Univ. of North Carolina, Greensboro Laviamoci il cervello -- 1962 "You can admire two fascinating colored tableaux vivants - from two...
THE EASTER ESSAY: In Defence of JUDAS ; According to St John, He Was a Thief and a Liar. Modern Historians See Him as an Idealistic Fall-Guy. Allan Massie Investigates the Myths That Surround the Disciple Who Betrayed Jesus with a Kiss...
He discarded the Alexandrian era of Diocletian, reckoned from ad 284, on the ground that he “did not wish to perpetuate the name of the Great Persecutor, but rather to number the years from the Incarnation of Our Lord Jesus Christ.” Somehow Dionysius reckoned the birth of Christ to have...
There was also a bit of theological debate over relics that were supposed to be actual bits of Jesus' body. Would they have ascended into heaven with him or would they have remained on Earth? Aside from this debate, there was also the blatantly obvious political maneuvering and competition ...