The Valley of Dry Bones (a fictional reconstruction)
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_wp_text text=”Sometimes I wonder where the prophecies in the Bible come from. I mean, I know they come from God…but what about the context of the prophet’s life? Surely…
Cheer Up (it’s not the end of the world!): a commentary on Genesis 1 & 2
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_wp_text text=”Once upon a time… A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away… In the beginning… These words have a mythic quality to them, don’t you think?…
Stranger Manger: recovering the oddities of the nativity story
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_wp_text text=”The strangeness of the nativity is often overlooked: The King of the Universe comes to live on the ramshackle third planet of a backwoods solar system in a…
Heads & Tales: learning about the true King of the Jews from the last king of the Jews
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_wp_text text=”Given that Herod was a skilled politician (more on that later), from a notable family (again, more to come)… how did he become so singularly evil? What happened…
Heads & Tales: Resources
If you’re at all interested in learning more about Herod the Great, here are the best resources I uncovered during the fall of 2012. Josephus: the Antiquities of the Jews…
Heads & Tales: day 23
Herod originally intended to have his son, Herod Antipas, succeed him as King of the Jews but Caesar Augustus vetoed the appointment. Augustus suggested Herod appoint his other son, Archeleus,…
Heads & Tales: day 22
Herod died shortly after the arrival of the Magi, and within seventy years of his death everything he had schemed, labored, and shiestered to acquire was gone. The Hasmonean monarchy…
Heads & Tales: day 21
Herod died shortly after the Holy Family fled to Egypt. We’re not sure precisely how long after, just that his death coincided with a collision of stars in the sky….
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