Word: tarsus
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...image, though his ordeal in being swallowed and then cast up has long existed for Christians as a parable of death and resurrection. But early Christian depictions of the event as sculpture are all but unknown; apart from Cleveland's acquisitions, only one other marble group, found at Tarsus in 1876, is known to exist. As he is portrayed in Cleveland's marbles, Jonah resembles the Greek river god appearing in some Antioch mosaics, and the sculptor gave his fancy free rein in carving the curious sea monster with leonine feet and massive ears...
...Nono" was a strong-willed prelate whom many will have difficulty visualizing as a saint on the same ecclesiastical calendar with Francis of Assisi or Paul of Tarsus. Elected to the chair of St. Peter in 1846. Pius IX started out as one of the most liberal-minded Popes in centuries. He granted amnesty to political prisoners jailed during the reign of his predecessor, tried to clean up the corrupt, sluggish government of the Papal States. To the surprise of Europe's statesmen, he even seemed sympathetic to the ideals of Italian nationalism, and for a while worked actively...
...fold, A.F.L.-C.I.O. President George Meany offered readmission without "head busting" to Hoffa dissidents who have seen the light. As for Jimmy himself, Meany charged that the Teamster hierarchy was "more than ever under the influence of corrupt elements," would continue excommunicated until Hoffa "does as Saul of Tarsus done-go off into the wilderness for a year and repent...
...Under cover of darkness, he was smuggled into a room with a window in the city's outer wall and then let down in a basket to make his way safely to Jerusalem and his first meeting with Peter and James. Soon he returned to his home town, Tarsus, where he stayed for about a decade until Barnabas brought him to Antioch and the real beginning of his career...
...said: "In all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us." The Pharisee. Paul was not raised to suffer public scourgings and jostlings in police courts. He was born (probably some ten to 15 years after Jesus) to a prominent family in a prominent city. Tarsus in Cilicia, famed for its wealth and culture, was 1,000 years old in Saul's time, had a population of about 500,000, and was one of the centers of Stoic philosophy. Un like most of the other early Christians, Paul was a city sophisticate and always remained...