How not to worship (quote of the day) . . .

Posted by Quixie at 7:37 PM

You have felt, doubtless, at least those of you who have been brought up in any habit of reverence, that every time when I in this letter h...

The Sound of Science

Posted by Quixie at 9:42 PM

the effect of death on culture . . .

Posted by Quixie at 7:01 PM

  This is a lyrical well-written documentary that explores the work of Ernest Becker and its sociological implications.  

a tear in RIP (reaction/review) . . . .

Posted by Quixie at 7:29 PM

. Different musics serve different functions. This is an insight to keep in mind when practicing music. Although not mutually exclusiv...

eyewitnesses times two . . .

Posted by Quixie at 2:23 AM

. Found two episodes of a Christian show called "Unbelievable?" which feature discussions between Richard Bauckham and James Cross...

radiocarbon dating works . . .

Posted by Quixie at 1:32 AM

. Recent research shows that radiocarbon dating techniques have been fine tuned, refined to a remarkably high degree of accuracy. The chron...

Submission Part I - Theo Van Gogh Tribute

Posted by Quixie at 3:33 PM

This is the short film that inspired Mohammed Bouyeri to murder Van Gogh in the early morning of 2 November 2004, in Amsterdam, in front of ...

Reading the Unreadable

Posted by Quixie at 7:43 AM

. Some ancient scrolls are so deteriorated that unfolding them would completely destroy them, would pulverize them. Here's a link to a c...

the problem with P-52 . . .

Posted by Quixie at 7:24 PM

I have a cousin named Miriam. She has had a distinctive handwriting for as long as I can remember. It's the prettiest writing I have e...

a year short and a dollar late . . .

Posted by Quixie at 12:36 AM

I stopped staring at television sets 'round '91. Those were the days of Desert Storm and its thousand points of lights in the sky, t...

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...