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...pedigree -- his virgin birth in Bethlehem of Judea, home of his reputed ancestor King David -- is retrospective mythmaking by writers who had "already decided on the transcendental importance of the adult Jesus," Crossan says. The journey to Bethlehem from Nazareth, he adds, is "pure fiction, a creation of Luke's own imagination." He speculates that Jesus may not even have been Mary's firstborn and that the man the Bible calls his brother James was the eldest child. Crossan argues that Jesus did not cure anyone but that he did "heal" people by refusing to ostracize them because of their...
...Jesus was . . . of little or no importance" to his disciples. Meanwhile, N.T. Wright, an Oxford University teacher and newly named cathedral dean in Lichfield, England, says it is a "freshman mistake" to suppose that the Gospels do not refer to actual events simply because the writers of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John have clear points of view. One of the most formidable of traditionalist Bible scholars, Wright, whose conservative rejoinder Jesus and the Victory of God (Fortress) is forthcoming, says the skeptical theories also fail to provide any credible explanation for how a faith founded by their pared-down Jesus...
...come, they will rebuild it. This movie law is founded on the success of sequels over the past two decades. From The Godfather, Part II through the multipart triumphs of Luke Skywalker, Indiana Jones, Rocky and Rambo, cops and aliens, Hollywood made big money by providing further adventures and more of the same...
...theory goes against the scientific grain." Others complain that he encourages too much alcohol consumption, which could cause liver damage. Montignac denies his diet is high in cholesterol and recommends cooking in olive oil and other unsaturated fats. Still, Dr. Stephen Heymsfield of the Obesity Research Center at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital in New York City gives Montignac the benefit of the doubt: "His physiobiology -- the glycemic index -- is oversimplistic, but nonscientists always oversimplify. However, it seems his recommendations are not necessarily outside accepted science and not dangerous...
...Luke A. Sarsfield III '95 and Amanda P. Williams '96, two defeated candidates for positions on theboard of the Republican Club, agree with theDemocrats' assessment of the club, but hope thatRepublican members will not accept the offer tojoin the Democrats...