Europe, on the other hand, was slower to catch on. In the late 11th century Hunayn’s translations, along with commentaries on them by Arab physicians, and occasionally the original Greek writings, were translated into Latin. These translations became the theoretical foundation for the new medieva...
They exhort their flocks to go out and share these human lies as “the Gospel of Jesus Christ,” when in fact they are no such thing!What does the word “Gospel” actually mean? Here is one dictionary’s definition: “The word gospel comes from the Old English word god meaning ‘good...
Sure, everyone understood those. But insurance fraud wasn’t really the realm of the genuinely poor; this is white collar crime, and I imagine it carried the same sense of awe and cleverness as cybercrime does to contemporary readers (most of whom wouldn’t have the first clue of how to ...