From the daily archives:

Monday, July 6, 2009

My first time

July 6, 2009

Somebody arrived (astonishingly) on this blog with a Hebrew search term – עַלְמָ֗ה

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The crashing of Sinaiticus on the Ehrman line

July 6, 2009

It seems that the codex sinaiticus website has crashed under all the publicity. Shame. Mind you, the way it’s getting written up is almost guaranteed to have people flocking to it. I think it’s great that these images are available. Unfortunately the BBC decided to link to an earlier magazine article when news of this [...]

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Give the devil the benefit of law

July 6, 2009

Today the Church remembers St Thomas More (to say nothing of St John Fisher, an earlier example of how the Church of England dealt with rebellious and recalcitrant bishops of Rochester!)
Yes, I know that Robert Bolt’s play idealises More in ways that fit with contemporary rather than historical sensibilities, but here is a great scene [...]

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