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Although the injuries are in the minds of all of the players, sophomore Jeremiah McCarthy said, "We can't let the injuries effect us, we have to play with the players we have...

Author: By Joseph W. Lind, | Title: Icemen Whaling Tonight | 2/9/1996 | See Source »

...freshman from Calgary is Harvard's fourth-leading scorer with six goals and five assists. Also instrumental in Harvard's victories was sophomore defenseman Jeremiah McCarthy. McCarthy had a hand or, well, a stick in five of the six Crimson tallies. McCarthy racked up his first two goals of the year in the effort...

Author: By David S. Griffel, | Title: Perrin Leads Vermont Into First Place | 1/17/1996 | See Source »

...seems to be another that does. Few scholars believe that miracles like Moses' burning bush or Jesus' resurrection will ever be proved scientifically; they are, after all, supernatural events. Conversely, few doubt that the characters in the latter part of the Old Testament and most of the New - Nebuchadnezzar, Jeremiah, Jesus, Peter - really existed, though some will always doubt parts of their stories...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Are the Bible's Stories True? Archaeology's Evidence | 12/18/1995 | See Source »

...Bible, dated to about 600 B.C. It suggests that at least part of the Old Testament was written soon after some of the events it describes. Also in 1986, scholars identified an ancient seal that had belonged to Baruch, son of Neriah, a scribe who recorded the prophecies of Jeremiah in 587 B.C. (Because Jews and Muslims don't consider the birth of Christ to be a defining moment in history, many scholars prefer the term B.C.E. to B.C. It stands for either "Before the Christian Era" or "Before the Common Era.") Says Hershel Shanks, founding editor of the influential...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Are the Bible's Stories True? Archaeology's Evidence | 12/18/1995 | See Source »

...from Arab dealers in 1975, had once been used to mark documents. Nahman Avigad of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem identified the impressions stamped into one piece of clay as coming from the seal of Baruch, son of Neriah, a scribe who recorded the doomsday proclamations of the prophet Jeremiah. Another bore the seal of Yerahme'el, son of King Jehoiakim's son, who the Book of Jeremiah says was sent on an unsuccessful mission to arrest both prophet and scribe - again confirming the existence of biblical characters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Are the Bible's Stories True? Archaeology's Evidence | 12/18/1995 | See Source »

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