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Silly me. I had naively assumed that when a writer as well known and respected as Lerone Bennett Jr. came out with a provocative book arguing that Abraham Lincoln was a racist who kept more blacks in bondage than he ever emancipated, it would kick up a stir. After all, Bennett, the executive editor of Ebony and the author of such works of black history as Before the Mayflower (1962), has long been one of America's most eloquent voices on racial issues. And the target of his furious screed is perhaps the most revered figure in American history. Putting...
...Abraham's sacrifice of Isaac, Adam and Eve's expulsion from the Garden of Eden and Judith's defeat of the Assyrian army may not have much in common. But in Divine Mirrors: The Madonna Unveiled, curated by Melissa Katz at the Davis Museum at Wellesley, they do. The exhibit combines works of art on these subjects with a text rich in Biblical reference and historical detail to show changing perceptions of the Virgin Mary in different cultures over the past nine centuries...
...Katz's show, the artworks serve the text and not the other way around. Some connections she makes are more readily apparent than others. Marc Chagall's hand-colored etching, "Abraham Sacrificing Isaac," is used to describe Mary's obedience and devotion to God through a comparison to Abraham, who was prepared to sacrifice his son in obedience to God's will...
...work," he admits. He personally secured the A-list cast, Don Cheadle, Noah Wyle, Harvey Keitel and James Cromwell among them. And he contends the story is no mere period piece. "Even though certain things were dated, it resonates for me," he says. "It's biblical, the sacrifice of Abraham...
...been equally painstaking and personal, a powerful three-part pilgrimage recapitulating the very development of the Christian concept of God. It began officially on Feb. 24, when, denied entrance by Iraq, John Paul made a "virtual pilgrimage" (using props and videotape) to the city of Ur, the birthplace of Abraham, with whom God made his first covenant. The journey continued with the Pope's visit to the mountain in Egypt thought by many to be Mount Sinai, atop which the Lord presented Moses with...