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André The Giant: Why Grown Men Love Wrestling

Lucas Timmons, a Mutha Canucker and journalist for the Edmonton Journal, asks: Professional wrestling is a soap opera with violence. But what makes it so popular, even with grown men? He comes up with five reasons, the third of which is wrestling’s … Continue reading

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The Bible’s Buried Secrets – All Three Episodes on DocumentaryStorm

DocumentaryStorm has posted all three episodes of the recent BBC production The Bible’s Buried Secrets, hosted by Dr Francesca Starakopoulou of the University of Exeter. Episode 1: Did King David’s Empire Exist? A national hero and icon for the Jewish people, … Continue reading

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Bible’s Buried Secrets on YouTube! God’s Wife Makes A Late Come-Back.

Episode 2 of Francesca Stavrakopoulou‘s recent BBC2 series, The Bible’s Buried Secrets is available, for the moment, on YouTube: When submitted to rigorous analysis, the biblical texts actually reveal quite another story. I think that the evidence now shows that the … Continue reading

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Final Episode of The Bible’s Buried Secrets – BBC2 – Francesca Stavrakopoulou

For those of you in the UK, here’s the third and final episode of BBC2′s The Bible’s Buried Secrets, hosted by University of Exeter’s Dr Francesca Stavrakopoulou. In the final episode of her series re-examining conventional readings of the Bible, she argues … Continue reading

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Episode 2 of The Bible’s Buried Secrets – BBC2 – Francesca Stavrakopoulou

For those of you in the UK, here’s Episode 2 of BBC2′s The Bible’s Buried Secrets, hosted by University of Exeter’s Dr Francesca Stavrakopoulou. The episode takes a look at Asherah, the wife of Yahweh in pre-monotheistic “Israelite” religion, that … Continue reading

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Episode 1 of The Bible’s Buried Secrets – BBC2 – Francesca Stavrakopoulou

For those of you in the UK, or who can pretend you’re in the UK, here’s Episode 1 of BBC2′s The Bible’s Buried Secrets, hosted by University of Exeter’s Dr Francesca Stavrakopoulou. It turns out that the famous old Bible … Continue reading

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The BBC’s The Bible’s Buried Secrets with Francesca Stavrakopoulou: Will she find remnants of Goliath?

An exciting three-part BBC Two series, The Bible’s Buried Secrets will have its first airing at 9:00-10:00pm, on Tuesday 15 March. The show clearly aims to disseminate recent findings about the Bible and religion in ancient Judea, most of which will be well-established and well-known … Continue reading

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