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Daily Archives: December 16, 2013
Book Write-Up: Jesus and the Zealots, by S.G.F. Brandon
S.G.F. Brandon. Jesus and the Zealots: A Study of the Political Factor in Primitive Christianity. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1967. Before Reza Aslan’s Zealot, there was S.G.F. Brandon’s 1967 work, Jesus and the Zealots. I decided to read Brandon’s … Continue reading
The Final Days 9
On pages 263-264 of The Final Days, by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, we read: “[President Richard Nixon’s White House Press Secretary Ron Ziegler’s] staff accepted these menial chores with varying degrees of tolerance, recognizing that the demands he made … Continue reading
James' Ramblings 