by VorJack
If you want to understand the history of Israel, look at a map. For some reason, God placed his chosen people on land in a very bad neighborhood. In ancient times, the kingdoms of Northern Israel and Judah were stuck between the three greatest world powers of the day: Egypt, Mesopotamia and [...]
by VorJack
Ken Schenck throws out an interesting comment over at his blog Quadrilateral Thoughts after reading one of N.T. Wright’s pieces: “Sometimes I think people like Wright are more clever than the biblical authors themselves…”
James McGrath picks up on this and explains: “Ken’s point (as I understand it) is that sometimes we come up with [...]
by VorJack
Happy Pi Day! Here, have one million pieces of pi.
The other day I heard a great track of the late Utah Phillips performing Joe Hill’s “The Preacher and the Slave” – the song where we get the phrase “pie in the sky.” This song was written back in 1911 as a counter [...]
by VorJack
As a Public Historian, I’m always looking for ways to make history more accessible to the general public. This isn’t it.
Still, some folks have mentioned that I spend a lot of time talking about early American history. Since I’m currently working in that field, its kind of hard to get away away [...]
by VorJack
Well, it looks like it’s time for the mythicists to pack up. The Telegraph suggests that an archeologist has found a nail used in the crucifixion:
Nail from Christ’s crucifixion found?
A nail dating from the time of Christ’s crucifixion has been found at a remote fort believed to have once been a stronghold of [...]
by VorJack
While reading about the Flat Earth Society, I ran across a reference to a little-known contest that took place 140 years ago today. I decided that the coincidence of dates was too good to pass up.
On January 12, 1870, a message ran in the magazine Scientific Opinion, offering a wager of up to [...]
by VorJack
I may have found a new hero.
In a post at Religion in American History, I just learned about an atheist newspaperman who I’d never heard of before. His name was Charles Chilton Moore (1837-1906), an atheist who modeled himself after his contemporary, Robert Ingersoll.
One major difference was region – Moore resided in Lexington, [...]
by VorJack
Here in Albany, the most famous of our odd Christian sects were the Shakers. Today the Shakers are most known for their furniture and their celibacy, but in 18th century they were known for their group dances.
The dances became a tourist attraction of a sort. The hall where the Shakers danced actually [...]
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