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This month seems to have been designated as a time for lost histories to re-emerge. First we learned of the Gospel of Judas, which sheds new light on the history of early Christianity, and then the fishapod, a pre-historic creature thought to bridge the evolution from fin to feet. And this week sees the re-appearance of another, less world-historical but still woefully forgotten "missing link" in the evolution of the graphic novel medium. Kings in Disguise (W.W. Norton; 184 pages; $17), by James Vance and Dan Burr, will finally be reprinted in an affordable, attractive...
...soon after his election that Benedict "wants to simplify the papacy. Too many acts have become a simple devotion of the person of the Pope." The new Pope?s challenge is to cut through the static interference of the modern world to connect the faithful directly to the very gospel he is preaching: to be, in other words, both messenger and message...
...impressive act of arrangement, it works well. The record-opener “Girl in the War” puts the mandolin to such use, while catchy “Wolves” follows up with guitar and piano, and “Monster Ballads” borrows a gospel feel with tasteful organ use. Ritter even allows the lyrics of “Idaho” to exist almost without accompaniment; he sings the soulful melody with just a hint of acoustic guitar. Instead of forcing complicated riffs into the same airspace, Ritter opts to feature the distinctive sound...
...centuries, Christian tradition has painted Judas Iscariot as the ultimate sellout. But a 1,700- year-old papyrus copy of a document called the Gospel of Judas, unveiled by the National Geographic Society last week and previewed in TIME (Feb. 27 issue), presents a radically different view. Authored no later than the 2nd century by Christians whose beliefs were later deemed heretical, the gospel portrays Judas as a favored disciple and says his role in "sacrificing" Jesus' physical being ("the man that clothes me") elevates him above other Apostles. Most scholars see Judas less as a competitor to the biblical...
...Gospel of Judas...