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Avatar– Opening Pandora’s Box
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Ben Witherington
You know the story of Pandora’s box. By now the phrase ‘opening Pandora’s box’ has become a cliche as well. But since the movie Avatar is set on a planet called Pandora, and since this movie opens up all kinds of new vistas for film-making, the cliche is unavoidable in this case. Ann and…
A Christmas Present to Nazareth– a House from Jesus’ Time
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Ben Witherington
Meet Yardeni Alexandre. He works for the Israeli Antiquities Authorities at the dig in Nazareth. He is holding first century pottery shards found at what is becoming known as the ‘Nazareth house’. The walls of the house itself and the pottery date this house to the early Roman period, which is to say, the era…
Trouble in Turkey for Patriarch Bartholomew
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Ben Witherington
Watch CBS News Videos Online(courtesy of CBS)I have spent time in Turkey with His Holiness the Patriarch Bartholomew. He is a wonderful Christian man, and he is very upset with the supposedly tolerant Turkish Government which won’t allow his Christian school to train Orthodox priests to operate among other restrictions. I have also spent time…
The Mitchell Report— Archaic Mark Definitely a Modern Forgery
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Ben Witherington
Ancient Book of Mark Found Not So Ancient After All ScienceDaily (Dec. 15, 2009) – A biblical expert at the University ofChicago, Margaret M. Mitchell, together with experts in micro-chemicalanalysis and medieval bookmaking, has concluded that one of the UniversityLibrary’s most enigmatic possessions is a forgery. The book, a copy of theGospel of Mark, will…
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