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You Can’t Sit at Our Table

Today, I wanted to look at the Table of Nations from Genesis 10. The Hebrew word that’s usually translated “nations” is goyim, which became gentilis in the Latin Vulgate. Both words have come to mean non-Jewish people in general, and … Continue reading →

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It’s in Revelations, People!

Revelations: Visions, Prophecy, and Politics in the Book of Revelation, by Elaine Pagels – I’ve written quite a bit on the book of Revelation, sometimes in relation to modern Christians who can’t wait for the world to end, but also … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Christianity, Gnosticism, Judaism, Religion | Tagged 1 enoch, antichrist, apocalypse, athanasius of alexandria, bible, elaine pagels, elijah, enoch, irenaeus, jesus, john of patmos, john the baptist, messiah, paul of tarsus, prophecy, revelation, revelations: visions prophecy and politics in the book of revelation |

Philo’s Cabinet

This week’s important personage in the history of religion is someone I can’t recall having learned about prior to reading about him in a book a few months ago, but what I learned about him there made me wonder why … Continue reading →

Posted in Christianity, Historical Personages, History, Judaism, Philosophy, Religion | Tagged aristotle, gospel of john, jesus, logos, moses, paul of tarsus, philo of alexandria, plato, pythagoras, stoicism, theory of the forms |

Hot for Jesus

The Bible tends to be rather quiet on the subject of appearances. About the most we’re told about a Biblical figure, as far as I can remember, is that Elisha was bald. Oh, and Esau is covered in red hair. … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Christianity, History, Religion | Tagged augustine of hippo, bible, elisha, esau, ethiopia, iconography, isaiah, james the just, jerome, jesus, jupiter, justin, paul of tarsus, revelation, rome, st. peter, tertullian |