Tag Archives: Simon bar Kochba

existential: down here there’s nothin’ mostly

You often come across the wild as the west type postings on the Web where the Jewish Talmud,- is there another?- is responsible for the downing of the world trade center, The Illuminati, is complicit with the pope’s designs on … Continue reading

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trial and tribulation: May ’68 …A.D.

The trial of Jesus. Was Christ condemned to death by the Jews, as tradition held for so long, or was he really executed by the Romans as a political offender? …. The effect of the Jewish War in 66 A.D. … Continue reading

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one is the loneliest number a.d.

The Year One. Of all the great years in history, it is the oddest because no one alive at the time, or for centuries thereafter, had any idea that this was the Year One at all. If they ever used … Continue reading

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gnostic picnic with the guy in the armor

Yahweh and nihilism. Nothing like a nice flood or some other event to wipe the slate clean and make a fresh start. Turning the mattress over. Putting the world through the deep scrub dishwasher cycle.Clearly, Harold Bloom and his Yahweh … Continue reading

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