Tag Archives: Vespasian

trial of JC: 12 angry pharisees

Posted on August 16, 2012 by Dave

Was Christ condemned to death by the Jews, as tradition has held for so long, or was he really executed by the Romans as a political offender?… The author of Mark endeavors to meet the difficulty by transferring the responsibility … Continue reading →

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the year where it all began

Posted on May 27, 2012 by Dave

The Year One. Although the accuracy of the date is less than precise, the “year of our Lord” stuck when calculated in the first half of the sixth century by an eastern Greek speaking monk , Dionysius Exiguus, and the … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Arch of Titus, Augustus, Bar Kohba, Cornelis Cornelisz van Haarlem, Dance of the Seven Veils, E.M. Forster, Edward Gibbon, Herod Antipas, Jewish revolt A.D. 70, King Herod, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Massacre of the Innocents, Pieter de Grebber paintings, rita hayworth Salome, Salome Oscar Wilde, Vespasian, Vittorio Carpaccio | Leave a comment

HEALING WATERS & BUBBLING PASSIONS

Posted on April 14, 2010 by Dave

There is,and always has been, an especial magic attached to the idea of healing springs. In antiquity they were believed to be the abode of nymphs, or sometimes of a god; in the Middle Ages,a saint was often considered to … Continue reading →