the evolution of confusion ...(Dan Dennett on "deepities")

Posted by Quixie at 10:33 PM

This guy seldom fails to get a good "amen" out of me.

AJLevine on the historical Jesus . . .

Posted by Quixie at 2:58 PM

During a program in which Amy Jill Levine was interviewed on the topic "Who Was Jesus of Nazareth" she says: In terms of what I d...

open question for NT scholars #5 . . .

Posted by Quixie at 2:34 AM

Thinking of textual blunders, an example ocurred to me: Matt 27. The gospel-we-know-as-Matthew's narrative about the downfall of Judas I...

nitpicking Religulous . . .

Posted by Quixie at 4:05 PM

Two of the bloggers that I sometimes read (Greg Boyd and James McGrath ) have done reviews of the film Religulous recently. I watched the ...

a fool on the hill . . . well done

Posted by Quixie at 12:20 PM

. . I have been thinking about Al Franken's final victory over Norm Coleman, so I watched the Ken Burns documentary film about Congres...

non-sequitur of the day . . .

Posted by Quixie at 10:26 PM

I absolutely adore Aretha Franklin's singing voice. It soothes my savage breast. She made a gospel recording some time in the mid sevent...

la YiYiYi, que nos dice . . .

Posted by Quixie at 9:53 PM

I've watched this video a bunch of times. When Pablo Picasso watched La Lupe perform for the first time, he said, "One word: genius...

a geomorphic linguistic riddle . . .

Posted by Quixie at 10:05 PM

On September 23rd, 1493, Cristobal Colón, who was on his second trip to the "new world," had made it to what is now the island...

suggestions for a pope . . .

Posted by Quixie at 6:03 PM

The radiocarbon tests performed on some bone fragments from the recently excavated sarcophagus traditionally held to be the apostle Paul...

Codex Sinaiticus manuscript digitized and online

Posted by Quixie at 2:49 PM

It's rare that one gets to look at a fourth century Bible manuscript . Way cool.

the battle continues . . .

Posted by Quixie at 2:30 PM

Tempe Town Lake catfish will be surprised to hear that Oscar Meyers scored higher than Hebrew Nationals in a taste test done recently invol...

but wait! . . . there's more! . . . .

Posted by Quixie at 8:19 PM

Not only was there a fourth century icon of the apostle Paul unveiled, but the pope also has announced that radiocarbon dating of bone fragm...

speaking of Paul . . .

Posted by Quixie at 2:34 PM

ROME ( Reuters ) - Vatican archaeologists using laser technology have discovered what they believe is the oldest image in existence of S...

a refutation deferred?

Posted by Quixie at 9:29 AM

I have lately become fascinated by the Tübingen School of historical criticism and by its inevitable derivate, the Dutch Radical school. I p...

quote of the day . . .

Posted by Quixie at 7:27 AM

Science is the poetry of reality. Richard Dawkins