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In New Orleans, where I come from, folks are divided into two categories: preachers and storytellers. I'm a bit more in the storyteller camp. I believe that ever since we invented campfires, narrative tales have been the best way to capture people's attention, to convey ideas and moral...
THE BIBLE: FACT OR FICTION?
Around 9 that evening, two dozen members of the antiabortion Family Caucus had taken the question to a higher authority. They retreated to the Tip O'Neill room, where they usually held their weekly Bible class, and took turns reading Scripture and praying, sometimes holding hands. They finally told their...
Many professional archaeologists maintain that such questions are irrelevant. Says the British School of Archaeology's Woodhead: "I'm not interested in whether there was a David or a Solomon. I'm interested in reconstructing society: what was traded in clay pots, whether the pots or the contents were traded...
Yet for ordinary Jews and Christians, it's impossible to maintain scientific detachment about ancient clay pots and fallen stones and inscriptions being dug up in the Holy Land. Hundreds of millions of people grew up listening to Bible stories, and even those who haven't set foot in a...