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...inauthentic except for the name of Jesus' mother (Mary). No miracle working made the cut, although Jesus is generally credited with having healed some of the sick. He had a disciple named Mary Magdalene, entered a synagogue at least once and met some Pharisees. As regards the Passion and Easter: all descriptions of Jesus' trial are deemed inauthentic, along with his Palm Sunday statement that he is the Messiah. On the authority of the Jewish historian Josephus, the Seminar records as historical the high priest Caiaphas' denunciation of Jesus to Pilate. When the next book comes out, the Resurrection, predictably...
...order is reflected in the fact that doctors speak of seasonal affective disorder. And though the pattern of the skies is still felt on the pulse and in the bones of every farmer and nomad, those of us immured in 14-story office blocks, under fluorescent lighting, need Easter eggs to remind us of the day: if we can't go back to nature, we have to let nature come back...
...Edward Starkey, president of the Ecumenical Council of San Diego Country, which represents about 100 churches, in reference to an atheist group's reserving a city park for Easter services before the Christian groups that usually hold services there could...
...Japanese walking tour stopped at Radcliffe Quadrangle on Tuesday and 86 visitors had their pictures taken with the Easter Island god. The Smithsonian flew in a curator, who videotaped and photographed the work for archival purposes. The BBC started work on a documentary. There was talk of a declaration of the "Eighth Wonder of the World...
...fleeting Easter Island deity here today, gone tomorrow. These are the reasons that life in the Quad is good...