Sophia in the Shell
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Religion, theology, history, philosophy.
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Everything you ever (never?) wanted to know about James the son of Zebedee:
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November 26, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Everything you ever (never?) wanted to know about James the son of Zebedee:
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I hope this becomes a whole genre, entertainment news covering Justin Bieber just lightly paraphrasing Jesus sayings lol.
October 29, 2025 at 2:21 PM
I hope this becomes a whole genre, entertainment news covering Justin Bieber just lightly paraphrasing Jesus sayings lol.
Who was the historical Judas Iscariot?
Check out my write-up, the latest in my series on the apostles:
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Check out my write-up, the latest in my series on the apostles:
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October 13, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Who was the historical Judas Iscariot?
Check out my write-up, the latest in my series on the apostles:
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Check out my write-up, the latest in my series on the apostles:
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Is Matthew the same person as Levi? Did Matthew write the Gospel of Matthew? Did Matthew journey to Ethiopia? This post has all the answers! Or maybe it doesn’t, go see for yourself.
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September 22, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Is Matthew the same person as Levi? Did Matthew write the Gospel of Matthew? Did Matthew journey to Ethiopia? This post has all the answers! Or maybe it doesn’t, go see for yourself.
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“Three divine persons” 😌👍✨
“Three divine people” 😧😡❌
“Three divine people” 😧😡❌
August 29, 2025 at 4:54 AM
“Three divine persons” 😌👍✨
“Three divine people” 😧😡❌
“Three divine people” 😧😡❌
The Suffering Servant passage is a eulogy for the prophet who wrote earlier parts of Second Isaiah.
(Or so argued Joseph Blenkinsopp.)
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(Or so argued Joseph Blenkinsopp.)
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August 4, 2025 at 10:51 PM
The Suffering Servant passage is a eulogy for the prophet who wrote earlier parts of Second Isaiah.
(Or so argued Joseph Blenkinsopp.)
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(Or so argued Joseph Blenkinsopp.)
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Wrote something up (collected excerpts from scholars, really) on what we know about the apostle Thomas! What was his name? Who was his twin? Are his Acts based in history?
Thomas has the honor of being the first apostle to make me hit the Reddit post length limit.
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Thomas has the honor of being the first apostle to make me hit the Reddit post length limit.
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July 9, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Wrote something up (collected excerpts from scholars, really) on what we know about the apostle Thomas! What was his name? Who was his twin? Are his Acts based in history?
Thomas has the honor of being the first apostle to make me hit the Reddit post length limit.
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Thomas has the honor of being the first apostle to make me hit the Reddit post length limit.
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Did a little literature review on what we know and don’t know about the apostle Bartholomew!
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June 1, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Did a little literature review on what we know and don’t know about the apostle Bartholomew!
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Listening to The Caliphs podcast and nearly choked on air hearing the traditional account of how Marwan I died.
May 30, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Listening to The Caliphs podcast and nearly choked on air hearing the traditional account of how Marwan I died.
I think we can all relate to the embarrassment of watching someone “on your side” make a bad argument.
But imagine being a monothelite at the Third Council of Constantinople when one of your allies brings out a dead body and says he’s going to prove your position via necromancy.
But imagine being a monothelite at the Third Council of Constantinople when one of your allies brings out a dead body and says he’s going to prove your position via necromancy.
May 28, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I think we can all relate to the embarrassment of watching someone “on your side” make a bad argument.
But imagine being a monothelite at the Third Council of Constantinople when one of your allies brings out a dead body and says he’s going to prove your position via necromancy.
But imagine being a monothelite at the Third Council of Constantinople when one of your allies brings out a dead body and says he’s going to prove your position via necromancy.
I’m not even a Muslim but learning about Islamic history is turning me Shia. At least in the original political sense. Even being exposed to tellings from both sides, it seems like Ali really was getting wronged left and right!
May 15, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I’m not even a Muslim but learning about Islamic history is turning me Shia. At least in the original political sense. Even being exposed to tellings from both sides, it seems like Ali really was getting wronged left and right!
Saw a recommendation for the podcast The Caliphs recently. I’ve really been enjoying it. If you like Mike Duncan inspired chronological history podcasts and have an interest in early Islamic political history, this one is high quality. I think the host, Zayd, recently wrapped it up at ~90 episodes.
May 12, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Saw a recommendation for the podcast The Caliphs recently. I’ve really been enjoying it. If you like Mike Duncan inspired chronological history podcasts and have an interest in early Islamic political history, this one is high quality. I think the host, Zayd, recently wrapped it up at ~90 episodes.
Almost forgot to post it here, but I put together a sort of literature review on what we do and don’t know about the apostle(s?) Jude (and?) Thaddaeus:
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May 9, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Almost forgot to post it here, but I put together a sort of literature review on what we do and don’t know about the apostle(s?) Jude (and?) Thaddaeus:
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Wrote up a review of what we know and don’t know about the apostle Philip!
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April 27, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Wrote up a review of what we know and don’t know about the apostle Philip!
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April 25, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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Luke: “The Force?”
Kenobi: “The Force is what gives a Jedi his power. It's an energy field which sustains all living things. It surrounds us, and penetrates us. It binds the galaxy together. You see, Luke, the Force is what we call ‘actus purus,’ infinitely real and infinitely perfect…”
Kenobi: “The Force is what gives a Jedi his power. It's an energy field which sustains all living things. It surrounds us, and penetrates us. It binds the galaxy together. You see, Luke, the Force is what we call ‘actus purus,’ infinitely real and infinitely perfect…”
April 18, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Luke: “The Force?”
Kenobi: “The Force is what gives a Jedi his power. It's an energy field which sustains all living things. It surrounds us, and penetrates us. It binds the galaxy together. You see, Luke, the Force is what we call ‘actus purus,’ infinitely real and infinitely perfect…”
Kenobi: “The Force is what gives a Jedi his power. It's an energy field which sustains all living things. It surrounds us, and penetrates us. It binds the galaxy together. You see, Luke, the Force is what we call ‘actus purus,’ infinitely real and infinitely perfect…”
I try to avoid interacting with this stuff, but the fact that the creation pseudoscience folks really think they have something lately with “rocks don’t bend” is… funny.
April 12, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I try to avoid interacting with this stuff, but the fact that the creation pseudoscience folks really think they have something lately with “rocks don’t bend” is… funny.
Wrote a bit about what we know and don’t know about James, son of Alphaeus!
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March 31, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Wrote a bit about what we know and don’t know about James, son of Alphaeus!
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Interesting if subtle discrepancy in the Quranic telling of the exodus:
First, 7:109-110 (transl. Haleem)
“The leaders among Pharaoh’s people said, ‘This man is a learned sorcerer! He means to drive you out of your land.’ Pharaoh said, ‘What do you suggest?’”
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First, 7:109-110 (transl. Haleem)
“The leaders among Pharaoh’s people said, ‘This man is a learned sorcerer! He means to drive you out of your land.’ Pharaoh said, ‘What do you suggest?’”
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March 30, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Interesting if subtle discrepancy in the Quranic telling of the exodus:
First, 7:109-110 (transl. Haleem)
“The leaders among Pharaoh’s people said, ‘This man is a learned sorcerer! He means to drive you out of your land.’ Pharaoh said, ‘What do you suggest?’”
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First, 7:109-110 (transl. Haleem)
“The leaders among Pharaoh’s people said, ‘This man is a learned sorcerer! He means to drive you out of your land.’ Pharaoh said, ‘What do you suggest?’”
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François Bovon on the Acts of Philip:
“Here we find the episodic story of an apostolic group composed of Philip, Bartholomew, and Mariamne, [and] a pair of talking animals, a kid goat and a leopard, on a single missionary journey to the city of Ophioryme.”
I love apocrypha.
“Here we find the episodic story of an apostolic group composed of Philip, Bartholomew, and Mariamne, [and] a pair of talking animals, a kid goat and a leopard, on a single missionary journey to the city of Ophioryme.”
I love apocrypha.
March 22, 2025 at 7:13 PM
François Bovon on the Acts of Philip:
“Here we find the episodic story of an apostolic group composed of Philip, Bartholomew, and Mariamne, [and] a pair of talking animals, a kid goat and a leopard, on a single missionary journey to the city of Ophioryme.”
I love apocrypha.
“Here we find the episodic story of an apostolic group composed of Philip, Bartholomew, and Mariamne, [and] a pair of talking animals, a kid goat and a leopard, on a single missionary journey to the city of Ophioryme.”
I love apocrypha.
Qur’an 15:6-8, transl. by Haleem:
“They say, ‘Receiver of this Qur’an! You are definitely mad. Why do you not bring us the angels, if you are telling the truth?’ But We send down the angels only to bring justice…”
Love when opponents’ arguments are preserved! Makes me think of gMatthew.
“They say, ‘Receiver of this Qur’an! You are definitely mad. Why do you not bring us the angels, if you are telling the truth?’ But We send down the angels only to bring justice…”
Love when opponents’ arguments are preserved! Makes me think of gMatthew.
March 17, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Qur’an 15:6-8, transl. by Haleem:
“They say, ‘Receiver of this Qur’an! You are definitely mad. Why do you not bring us the angels, if you are telling the truth?’ But We send down the angels only to bring justice…”
Love when opponents’ arguments are preserved! Makes me think of gMatthew.
“They say, ‘Receiver of this Qur’an! You are definitely mad. Why do you not bring us the angels, if you are telling the truth?’ But We send down the angels only to bring justice…”
Love when opponents’ arguments are preserved! Makes me think of gMatthew.
From Ernst’s How to Read the Quran:
“But the two terms converge in the opening verse of sura 15: ‘These are the signs of the Book (kitab), and of a clear Recitation (qur’an).’“
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“But the two terms converge in the opening verse of sura 15: ‘These are the signs of the Book (kitab), and of a clear Recitation (qur’an).’“
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March 17, 2025 at 8:48 PM
From Ernst’s How to Read the Quran:
“But the two terms converge in the opening verse of sura 15: ‘These are the signs of the Book (kitab), and of a clear Recitation (qur’an).’“
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“But the two terms converge in the opening verse of sura 15: ‘These are the signs of the Book (kitab), and of a clear Recitation (qur’an).’“
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Devil carries Jesus up to a mountain to tempt him with an earthly kingdom
Missal, France, c. 1470-75
Missal, France, c. 1470-75
March 14, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Devil carries Jesus up to a mountain to tempt him with an earthly kingdom
Missal, France, c. 1470-75
Missal, France, c. 1470-75