In al-Khansa’s lament, God keeps mountains immovable against streams of tears. She may have refigured the Gospel figure of moving immovable mountains. … Read the post immovable mountains in al-Khansa & the Gospels
Ancient Syriac and Armenian texts contradict the modern proverb “too many cooks spoil the broth.” The one taste of God is the difference. … Read the post Queen Sheba & King Solomon on riddle of too many cooks
In Gospel of John’s story of the death and raising of Lazarus, Jesus isn’t represented as a Greco-Roman hero high above human stench. … Read the post story of Lazarus shows comic reality of Gospel truth
The Gospel of John, the pseudepigraphical story Joseph and Aseneth, and the Aesop Romance all include accounts of negotiated washing of feet. … Read the post Aseneth & Xanthus’s wife replay Jesus washing feet
Mary Magdalene become a repentant prostitute through combining biblical verse, lives of holy harlots, and Jesus’ words on tax collectors and prostitutes. … Read the post how Mary Magdalene became a repentant prostitute