Tag Archives: Rossano Gospels

on that first good friday

Posted on September 6, 2012 by Dave

…in Alexandria, where there was a great need to damp down revolutionary feeling after the fall of Jerusalem in A.D. 70. “Put your sword back into its place; for all who take the sword will perish by the sword.” The … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Gospel of Mark, Hans Memling, Josephus Flavius, Josephus the Jewish War, Lucas Cranach the Elder, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Pontius Pilate, Rossano Gospels, Rossano Manuscript, Spencer Williams paintings, The Jewish War, Trial of Jesus | Leave a comment

the temple affair: politics and religion don’t mix

Posted on August 16, 2012 by Dave

According to the Markan Gospel on its account of the Sanhedrin trial, after failing to get sufficient evidence about the Temple affair the high priest then asked Jesus directly whether he claimed to be the Messiah of Israel: “Are you … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Annas and Caiphas, Caiaphas High Priest, Flavius Josephus, Gospel of Mark, Josephus the Jewish War, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Matthias Stom, Mihaly Munkacsy, Pontius Pilate, Rossano Gospels, Rossano Manuscript, roy buchanan, Tacitus Roman Historian, Trial of Jesus, Vespasian destruction of the Second Temple, Vespasian Emperor | Leave a comment

PLEDGING FAITH AS COLLATERAL: Sloth & the Imp

Posted on November 19, 2010 by Dave

“This new millennium already marked by killings is merely a sign of what Conrad called our miserable ingenuity. How we love to create Devils and Gods and bloody rivers of ways to get their almighty attention. What we turn away … Continue reading →