31 Mar
Perhaps one of my favorite playwrights born after Shakespeare is Henrik Ibsen. I remember falling in love with his works after reading first An Enemy of the People (En FolkeFiende). It summed up my entire views perfectly - the triumph of science of superstition, the triumph of truth over popular opinion, and the triumph of […]
Posted in translation problems by: Chris Weimer
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29 Mar
Through several email lists, this link:
(ANSA) - Rome, March 28 - Italian archeologists working in Iraq have found a trove of ancient stone tablets from the fabled civilisation […]
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25 Mar
By the power of Zeus, ancient gods are back
Worship of the 12 gods of Mount Olympus associated with ancient Greece could, thanks to a decision by a first-instance court in Athens, become part of the country’s contemporary culture.
The rest of the article can be found here. Greece has a history of suppressing pagan religions, so […]
Posted in political discussions by: Chris Weimer
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21 Mar
Finally, a facsimile of Codex A is finally online, thanks to The Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts. Ivan Y. Young, an assistant to the executive director of the center said this on the textualcriticism list on Yahoo!:
The images of Codex Alexandrinus were made from the fourth volume (NT and Clementine epistles) of […]
Posted in manuscripts by: Chris Weimer
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20 Mar
What is Judaism?
When discussing Matthew, we should understand exactly what we mean when we say Judaism, or Jew. These words might not exactly convey exactly what was written. We must also bear in mind that quite literally, Ιουδαιος actually means a person from Judaea. It can be stretched to mean those who follow the religion […]
Posted in gospel of matthew by: Chris Weimer
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07 Mar
So my other blog, the dead one, is worth almost $8,000, about $5.5K more than before. And this one isn’t worth anything at all yet.
My blog is worth $7,903.56.
How much is your blog worth?
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02 Mar
What is it? Anyone? Anyone?
Update: The best answer I got was “absolutely nothing, but it looks cool”. I guess that solves it then!
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02 Mar
I’ve transferred my blog from blogspot.com to my site. Having difficulties doing so, I decided to switch to WordPress from blogger altogether. I’m still working on tagging all my old posts, but that should be done soon enough. Welcome!
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