The new trend in the study of Christian apocryphal texts is to include among them not only the traditional 'New Testament apocrypha', but also other texts written later than the first centuries of our era, or clearly reworked in the Middle Ages. Behind this wider choice stands the opinion ...
One of the basic differences between Catholics and Protestants is over whether the Bible alone is the sufficient and final authority for faith and practice, or the Bible plus extrabiblical apostolic tradition. Catholics further insist that there is a need for a teaching magisterium (i.e., the P...
This echoes Henry Ford's famous, though perhaps apocryphal, claim that: "If I had asked [consumers] what they wanted, they would have said, 'Faster horses!'" (Vlaskovits and Ford 2011). For our purposes, this notion of entrepreneurship is crucially linked to the changes in the forms and...
the structure of DNA and Einstein's theory of special relativity, have supposedly occurred while their discoverer was unconscious. The latter came to Einstein while he was dreaming about cows being electrocuted. But is this really true?
Since the journalists have been unable to find the Fidelity study, and apparently so has Fidelity, the story is probably apocryphal. But I still like the idea, since the conclusion is so much in line with my thinking.I’m not saying it’s worth dying to improve investment performance, but...
You need not worry about the apocryphal stories that your people told about our first Imperial Age. That Skywalker kid was a terrorist, pure and simple. However, our inside sources reveal that the “documentary” in progress by the Terran named Jjabrams includes a rather accurate portrayal of...
↑ One theory is that the Nimrud lens is actually the world's oldest telescope, and may have informed Assyrian astronomy, but opinions are divided about this. ↑ Some scholars believe this story is apocryphal. See for example Vision Aids in America: A Social History of Eyewear and Sight ...
What is unique about the Lindisfarne Gospels? How did the gospel of Thomas differ from the canonical gospels? What are the Lindisfarne Gospels made of? What are the Apocryphal Books in the Bible? What are some of the major differences between the Gospel of John and the Synoptic Gospels?
It’s not clear whether the story is apocryphal, but enough product people believe it to give one pause. As a company and as a blog, we’ve long had a complicated relationship with aha moments. On the one hand, the idea gets product managers excited about finding the inflection point ...
Having a genuine original or authority, in opposition to that which is false, fictitious, counterfeit, or apocryphal; being what it purports to be; genuine; not of doubtful origin; real; as, an authentic paper or register. To be avengedOn him who had stole Jove's authentic fire. Real Be...