Closely reading the Ethiopian eunuch’s words in Acts 8:26-40 reveals him to be a gracious, genteel, and sophisticated man transcending violence. … Read the post transcending violence in Acts: the genteel Ethiopian eunuch official
The biblical apocrypha Esdras tells Zerubbabel’s riddle concerning the power of king, wine, women, and truth. Only truth is stronger than women. … Read the post Zerubbabel in Esdras hailed truth over king, wine, and women
The medieval song (conductus) Within a rose blooms a lily {In rosa vernat lilium} wondrously expresses unity in diversity. … Read the post In rosa vernat lilium: unity in diversity of order, sex, and season
Ancient Mesopotamian scribes trained to serve the wealthy and powerful. To be financially successful, writers ever since have mainly served the elite. … Read the post from ancient scribes to the misery of literary writers
The woman clothed with the sun of Revelation, Chapter 12, encompasses men: Rome’s sol novus and incarnation through Hildegard’s umbra viventis lucis. … Read the post Revelation represents men as sol novus and umbra viventis lucis