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...earliest days of the church, of course. Christians were accepted as being Jews, and the Messianic Jews say they are trying to re-establish those bygone days. Ever since the two faiths divided, however, proselytism has been one of their touchiest disputes, exacerbated by Christian anti-Semitism and centuries of forced conversions. Most Jews fiercely resent all proselytizing, and many Christian denominations now oppose organized efforts to convert Jews...
...contain the oil so it could be collected, but their work was hampered by heavy seas. Two American experts, Asger ("Boots") Hansen and Richard ("Toots") Hatteberg, flew in from Texas to try to cap the well, and encountered more problems than they had expected. High winds stymied their earliest attempts to get aboard the platform; later a potentially dangerous gas buildup around the wellhead forced them to retreat temporarily. Using brass tools to avoid striking sparks that could ignite the gas, the Americans made four unsuccessful attempts to shut off the flow. At week's end-bolstered...
Although he was one of the earliest amateur golfers, Tyng's most memorable accomplishment came on the baseball diamond. While playing baseball for the Crimson in 1876, Tyng became the first player in the history of the grand old game to wear a catcher's mask...
...what they omit. Because Acts breaks off without mentioning Nero's purge and the deaths of Peter and Paul, Robinson thinks it must have been written around A.D. 62. Although the Letter of James has often been dated in the 2nd century, Robinson insists that it is the earliest book of all. Since it expresses no division between Christianity and Judaism, he figures that it must predate the first ecumenical council in A.D. 48, where the church worked out its policy toward Paul's new mission to the Gentiles...
Leakey's lecture will review the last nine years of his work searching for the fossil remains of the earliest humans at the Kenyan site of Lake Turkana...