In this book, Jewish Prof. Neusner interacts with Christianity by imaginatively projecting himself to first century Palestine. The interactions are with the text of Matthew. He proposes the Torah as the shared “given” from which argument can proceed, and poses the question, Continue reading…
Archive for November, 2006
A Marmoulian film, with magnificent visuals and effects.
In this movie Jekyll is pronounced with long e: Jeek’l. Supposedly this is the authentic way.
Differences from the Stevenson story may Continue reading…
This is the American Iliad: fascinating story, timeless characters, myth. Again and again, we find it applies to daily life.
It is a fictional story about Sicilian immigrants that form a “family.” A family in this sense begins with the literal nuclear family, moves out to the extended family, then reaches out to incorporate Continue reading…
For a long while, the Pledge of Allegiance has struck me as being wrong on several Continue reading…
In an interesting article about three 20th century Montgomery, Alabama women (Sara Mencken, Zelda Fitzgerald, and Tallulah Bankhead), Gail Jarvis explains one attribute of the Southern Belle: Continue reading…
The basic thesis will be that neither the definition of the basic unit, nor division by ten, is particularly scientific. Once stated, the truth of the thesis Continue reading…
Buster Keaton is a Confederate who tries to take back a train that has been stolen by the Yankees. This leads to all Continue reading…
Early silent. Typical of the “German Expressionism” and you soon see why: almost every set looks like Continue reading…
This was written by Robert Louis Stevenson in 1886 at age 35. It is a little book that can be read in an hour or two, and should be by everyone. It left such a powerful Continue reading…
Most of us know our own national anthem and possibly even Canada’s (“O Canada”). Like most familiar things, though, we often fail to reflect on the meaning of the words. But it is worth doing. For national anthems provide a picture into the heart Continue reading…
Annoying at first because of Rex Harrison’s continual irritability, this movie becomes Continue reading…
If y’all are gonna be bipartisan, then what was the argument for voting for you again?
A mysterious gunman (Clint Eastwood) arrives in the desert village of Lago. Truculent and peevish, the townsfolk nonetheless gravitate toward him, thinking a guy like him can rescue them from a trio of violent men that are going to be released that very day Continue reading…
A mob of horsemen destroys a mining camp, but doesn’t kill anyone. Turns out to be the LaHood gang, trying to make the miners “leave voluntarily.” In addition to the raids, when miners come into town, they get beaten up. But the LaHoods refrain from Continue reading…
The following article was part of the Minority Report of the Committee to Study the Framework Hypothesis for the Presbytery of Southern California of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church, October 15-16, 1999. It is also found in Kenneth L. Gentry and Michael R. Butler, Yea Hath God Said: The Framework Hypothesis/Six-Day Creation Debate (Eugene Oregon: Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2002). Continue reading…
