J. Albert Harrill. Paul the Apostle: His Life and Legacy in Their Roman Context. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2012. “I do not understand my own actions.” —Paul, Epistle to the Romans 7:15 I didn’t either. It was the beginning of 1970; I was 22 years old, taking a year off between … [Read more...]
“The Close Encounters Man” – Mark O’Connell on J. Allen Hynek
Mark O'Connell, The Close Encounters Man: How One Man Made the World Believe in UFOs. HarperCollins, 2017. A human life can be read as the totality of its enigmas. The questions to be asked, naturally, will differ from person to person. For J. Allen Hynek (1910-1986), the brilliant … [Read more...]
The “Book of the Dead” in Spring Hope – Catherine Woodard’s “Opening the Mouth of the Dead”
"This fall, in third grade, We live in Ancient Egypt Not North Carolina, says Mrs. Long, just back From the 1964 World's Fair in New York City. She saw a little gold coffin for a king called Tut." --Catherine Woodard, Opening the Mouth of the Dead Mrs. Long is one of the world's great … [Read more...]
Books That Horrify – Ezekiel, “1984,” “The Island of Dr. Moreau”
There was a chapter of the Bible that people were afraid to read, I told the little girl. I want to know why they were afraid to read it. Her name was Rebecca, and she was eight years old and the daughter of a friend and colleague of mine, a scholar of Islam who taught at a nearby university. … [Read more...]
A Case of Clairvoyance – Alfred Dreyfus, Mathieu Dreyfus, and Leonie the Psychic
"I beheld a peasant woman seated on a couch, her eyes closed. She appeared about 50 years in age, had regular features, and wore a Norman bonnet on her head. The doctor told me to sit down facing her." The speaker is Mathieu Dreyfus, brother of Alfred Dreyfus, the young French Jewish army … [Read more...]
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