Monthly Archives: October 2011
Žižek on The Sex of Angels and Dialectical Materialism
The question of the sex of angels is absolutely crucial for a materialist analysis. – Slavoj Žižek, “The Spectre of Ideology”
Filed under Angels, Philosophy
Jewish-American rock band JudaBlue sets David and Goliath to music: Violence at its Absolute Level
With their earnest rock song, “Falling”, US rock band JudaBlue might well be mistaken for any number of groups in the CCM scene. However, it’s not Jesus they’re praising, it’s HaShem (for the uninitiated or merely impious, that’s “Yahweh”, the god of Israel). “Falling” retells the biblical … Continue reading
Filed under 1 Samuel 17, Goliath, Music
Goliath Corporation Inc abandons fight with David, settles out of court
Earlier today, a bourgeois friend of mine was browsing the pages of the Financial Times (UK edition), and happened upon this fine letter to the editor. It’s well worth your perusal: The correspondent is a civil litigator, who specialises in pension, … Continue reading
Filed under Goliath, War, Violence & Business
Dancing on “The Tomb of Caleb” – The Facts Under the Ground
According to Numbers 13-14, Moses sent a group of spies to spy out the promised land. The spies returned to the whole assembly of Israel, and discouraged them from entering into the land, claiming that they had seen giants there. But Caleb, … Continue reading
Filed under Numbers 13-14, War, Violence & Business
The Cardiff Giant is Resurrected! With Cardiff Giant Soap, Cardiff Giant Chocolate, Cardiff Giant Wine, and Cardiff Giant Coffee
Syracuse Artist Ty Marshall talks about his artistic recreation of the Cardiff Giant – the biggest hoax involving a giant in the nineteenth century: Not only has Ty created a giant, but he’s organised merchandise from local businesses: Expect to … Continue reading
Filed under Cryptozoology, Sculpture
Mock the Week on David and Goliath
Here are three of the lines from tonight’s Mock the Week, “a British topical celebrity panel game hosted by Dara Ó Briain … influenced by improvised topical stand-up comedy, with several rounds requiring players to deliver answers on unexpected subjects on … Continue reading
Filed under Ancient Jewish texts, Goliath
Mark Goodacre’s Podcast on the Walking Talking Cross of the Gospel of Peter: Or, When is a Walking Talking Cross not a Walking Talking Cross?
Mark Goodacre provides a second podcast on the second-century apocryphal Gospel, the Gospel of Peter. In an earlier podcast, Mark provided an overview of the Gospel of Peter. In this podcast, Mark discusses the most unusual aspect of the Gospel … Continue reading
Filed under Ancient Jewish texts
Cotton Mather, Nephilim fossils in America, the Hubble Telescope, and the Confirmation of the Bible
Slacktivist Fred Clark recounts the story of Puritan Cotton Mather’s interpretation of a mastodon tooth discovered in 1705 as belonging to a giant from the legend of the Nephilim (Genesis 6.1-4), which Mather declared a ”wonderful confirmation of Mosaic history”. Fred links this to a recent … Continue reading
Filed under Books on Giants, Cryptozoology, Genesis 6.1-4, Nephilim
Man Up! A New Boy’s Devotion: Triple Dog Dare
The niche market for Christian Boys’ biblical literature has never faced more stiff competition. Nothing sells like sexism, as Zondervan well knows with its Big Bad Bible Giants, 2:52 Boys Bible, and Precious Princess Bible. But now, the David C. Cook ministry … Continue reading
Filed under Children's lit, Goliath
The Dunedin School blogs again
omg. they have returned to blogging. how predictable.
