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August 2026

August 16, 2026

Unseen Realm Q+A

August 15, 2026

The Unseen Realm Revisited and Expanded— 10 Years On

When people ask me about Michael Heiser's work and what I think, they do...

August 13, 2026

A Few Facts about Qumran and its Scrolls

  If there is one aspect of Biblical studies that may have been over-reported and...

August 10, 2026

The Truth about the Truth

The Truth is not malleable.  And while it can be very personal, it is not...

August 06, 2026

The Faith of Men involved in Hollywood

August 04, 2026

Should Old Acquaintances Be Forgot, and Never Come to Mind?

It's been a while since there was a real engaging, or even thrilling...

August 03, 2026

Dara– the End of the Roman Empire

Unlike Alexander's Empire that even stretched as far as India, having conquered Persia first,  the ...

August 01, 2026

The Oldest Church in eastern Turkiye— St. Jacob’s Church

Notice the 'Box of Help'. This building apparently is only used for special services... Mardin...

July 2026

July 30, 2026

Mardin on the Margins– Part Two

There is a fine little archaeology museum in Mardin and the following pictures come from...

July 30, 2026

The Monastery at Midyat

The monastery is just as large as the one at Mardin, and actually has the...

July 27, 2026

Mardin on the Margins

The city of Mardin is located in Turkiye but very close to the border with...

July 25, 2026

The Martyrdom of Polycarp– a Review

    Clayton Croy, The Martyrdom of Polycarp. Translation, Introduction, and Commentary, (Leiden/Boston: E.J. Brill,...

July 22, 2026

Paul’s Anatolian Harbors- by Mark Wilson

Sometimes, the best things come in small packages, or in this case books.    This...

July 20, 2026

After All

The death mask of Lincoln   AFTER ALL After all the wars are over, And...

July 19, 2026

Jason Borges’ Christian Life in the Greco-Roman City

It is not often you come across a book by a young scholar at the...

July 17, 2026

The Odyssey– The Review

Christopher Nolan's colossal retelling of the epic The Odyssey, clocking in at 2 hours...

July 15, 2026

A Brief Explanation of the Odyssey

July 14, 2026

The Content of the Odyssey and the Iliad

Despite the rather sanitized version of the Iliad in the movie Troy its not a...

July 13, 2026

New Article on the Dig at Colossae

[This article courtesy of BAR, whom I am a columnist for]   BIBLE HISTORY DAILY...

July 12, 2026

The Poetry reflected in Lombardo’s Odyssey and Iliad

Bust of Homer. The first thing to say about the poetry of Homer, and that...

July 11, 2026

Homer and the Question of Human Identity

The Man of the Moment Is 3,000 Years Old May 24, 2025 Credit...Illustration by The...

July 10, 2026

What Counts as Beauty or Truth? Helen’s Case

The Beautiful Truth About Helen of Troy July 10, 2026 Credit...Illustration by Sam Whitney/The New...

July 09, 2026

Lombardo’s Poetic Translations of the Iliad and the Odyssey

Lombardo's much praised renderings of Homer's epics will be discussed in the following post. ...

July 08, 2026

Those Minions Are At It Again

Just when you thought those minions couldn't get any more like slapstick comedians...

July 06, 2026

The Gospel according to Jesus– in Syriac

Father Simon Crepe reading the sayings of Jesus in original Syriac, the living cousin language...

July 06, 2026

Happy Fourth—Drone on Spectacular

July 05, 2026

Mardin’s Syrian Orthodox Monastery

One of the reasons to go to far eastern Turkey near the Syrian border is...

July 03, 2026

An Intracoastal Adventure

My sister Laura arranged for us to take a short cruise on a 42 foot...

June 2026

June 21, 2026

Bird and Wright on Christian Nationalism

June 18, 2026

The Letter of Diognetus and so-called Christian nationalism

  Chapter Five of the 2nd century Letter of Diognetus to a 'disciple' has some...

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