Category: history
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Book Review: The Bible in Translation – Ancient and English Versions by Bruce Metzger
Bruce Manning Metzger (1914-2007) was for many years a professor of New Testament Language and Literature at Princeton Theological Seminary. According to the brief biographical sketch on the back cover of the volume under review, he was an expert in ancient biblical manuscripts and as such was a member of three major Bible translation projects…
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Cyril and Methodius: A Sketch History of Their Lives and the Development of the Slavonic Writing System
[Translator note: The brief history that follows is just that – brief. There is much that could be added by researching almost every paragraph. This article was written as a sketch to commemorate the “Apostles to the Slavs” (the term does not appear here), Cyril and Methodius, in the Russian Orthodox Church. In the translation,…
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Russian President Vladimir Putin Justifies Ukraine Incursion, 24 Feb 2022
Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke to the world on February 24, 2022, in a televised speech, in which he faulted the aggressive behavıor of the West, i.e., the western alliances of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the European Union (EU) as the reason for his decision to invade Ukraine. Of course, he was…
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Book Review
Istanbul, City of Majesty at the Crossroads of the World In his 360-page narrative history, the author, Thomas F. Madden, encapsulates the progression of events that eventually led to the establishment of the ancient Greek city of Constantinople through to its present representation in the form of the Turkish metropolis of Istanbul. Madden focuses on…
The Dragon is Slain 