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The Gospel of Jesus–Part Thirty Four
By
Ben Witherington
CHAPTER THIRTY FOUR: THE DEMISE OF THE SON OF MAN As the Roman soldiers led Jesus away, they seized Simon from Cyrene (a Roman colony on the north coast of Africa). Simon was a Diaspora Jew on his way to the festival, coming in from the hill country where he had spent the night, having…
Robin of the Hood— the Prequel
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Ben Witherington
R?dley Scott has a penchant for mak?ng b?g mov?es w?th sweep and grandeur and th?s ?s definitely one of them despi?te some of the ludite cr?t?cs reviews who either don’t much know or don’t much care about English h?story. This mov?e has all the elements of a truly great fi?lm: 1) excellent actors at the…
Lands of the Bible 2010–The New Parthenon Museum
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Ben Witherington
Although I am not generally given to hyperbole, the new museum of the Parthenon in Athens deserves every awe-inspiring adjective I can muster. The brain child of architect Bernard Tschumi’s creative mind, it stands, as the Financial Times recently said like a huge space ship that landed right behind and below the Parthenon. Here are…
LOST—Final Commentary
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Ben Witherington
As the Grateful Dead once said— What a long strange trip we’ve been on. In this case the trip has lasted six years and more than a hundred episodes with only 4 hours worth not actually filmed on the island of Oahu, though various episodes and scenes appear to be elsewhere. The script writers and…
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