Hairston told readers that her magazine did not explore the legalities of the Long scandal, and chose instead to present a “biblical perspective.” Yeah, that’s quaint, namely when you pen this blast from your ivory towers: Whether Bishop Long is guilty or not; whether the young men are ...
Daniel 5:1 sn As is clear from the extra-biblical records, it was actually Nabonidus (ca. 556-539 b.c.) who was king of Babylon at this time. However, Nabonidus spent long periods of time at Teima, and during those times Belshazzar his son was de facto king of Babylon. This arran...
In suffering exile, the Hebrews have lost their homeland. But the events of the book of Daniel demonstrate God's reign over all, including pagan kings and the empire holding the people of Judah captive. Iddo has the opportunity to meet the distinguished statesman and prophet Daniel on a ...
Delia splashed drawings and colors on the walls of her parent’s home, which made them very happy, and they kept them with love. When she was 19, she began animating characters for television and cinema at an animation studio in
Some said the man was a true giant; turned to stone in the biblical past. Others said it was a statue; perhaps of some ancient, North American god. The truth would only make people more determined to catch a glimpse of the Cardiff Giant. For the statue was only completed a year before...
Toni Morrison, one of the most eloquent of black writers, once said: “I remember the language of the people I grew up with. Language was so important to them. All that power was in it. And grace and metaphor. Some of it was very formal and Biblical, because the habit is that when...
Even when eating pork causes the speaker some discomfort, he nonetheless proclaims his undying devotion to it, comparing his desire to that of the biblical Adam who, in this allusion, gave up his rib not for Eve but for pork. The poem indeed celebrates pork as a worthy object of desire,...
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I’d like to turn away then from historical matters and focus on the day-to-day, where I begin this 12-step interrogation of my own personal habits in the hopes that they may be of some value to others, too. Learn how to cook Last week, while standing around a Weber grill cooking...
Its choreography has the expansive feel of a devotional elegy, complemented by David Lang’s score based on the Biblical text and by the architectural environment in which it is set. Each element of the work is consistent with the others, a result, no doubt, of the singular focus Tanowitz...