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Lands of the Bible—Aphrodisias
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Ben Witherington
One of the best Greco-Roman sites in all of Turkey is Aphrodisias, and if you have read the most recent issue of BAR you will know it was not just a site for pagans, but also Jews and Christians lived there as well. Today one of the great additions to the site is the new…
Threepeat!— Toy Story III
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Ben Witherington
It is always difficult to top a classic film like Toy Story, but when you have some of the most talented writers and illustrators at Pixar and some of the most familiar voices (i.e. Tom Hanks, Joan Cusack etc.) in the business, lots of things are possible. I am on record as saying I…
Lands of the Bible—Ephesus Part Two
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Ben Witherington
There is so much to see at Ephesus that even several trips and even with having a trained guide, there are things one misses. Here above is the oden of Domitian today at the upper end of Curetes street. But what would it have looked like in ancient times? And what would the agora across the street…
Colbert on Prothero on How All Religions are not One
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Ben Witherington
Here is a very interesting recent clip from the Colbert Report based on Prothero’s recent book entitled God is Not One, the point of which is that those who say all religions are one (and therefore bad, or therefore good, or are all different paths up the same eternal mountain, are simply wrong). The book…
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