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Daily Archives: January 29, 2014
Book Write-Up: The Nations That Know Thee Not
Robert Goldenberg. The Nations That Know Thee Not: Ancient Jewish Attitudes Toward Other Religions. New York: New York University Press, 1998. Robert Goldenberg’s The Nations That Know Thee Not is largely about ancient Jewish views on Gentile religions. There was … Continue reading
Book Write-Up: Worthy Is the Lamb, by Ray Summers
Ray Summers. Worthy Is the Lamb: Interpreting the Book of Revelation In Its Historical Background. Nashville: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 1951. Ray Summers was a professor of New Testament and Greek who taught at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Southern Baptist … Continue reading
Nixonland 11
On pages 739-740 of Nixonland, Rick Perlstein tells the following story about George McGovern, the 1972 Democratic Presidential candidate: “‘In a recent month,’ McGovern intoned in a radio ad, ‘a quarter of the wounded civilians in South Vietnam were children … Continue reading
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