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earliest Christian writings are relatively late, from forty years to a century after Our Lord preached, and were mostly pseudonymous has taken such root in Biblical scholarship that a detailed challenge (from a liberal bishop, yet) is a surprise.  In <A HREF="id119.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="How Early Is Early?"><U><I>Redating the New Testament</I></U></A>, J. A. T. Robinson, best known for <I>Honest to God</I> and other modernizing theological tracts, argues forcefully that none of the New Testament books can be convincingly shown to have been written later than 70 A.D. and that the traditional attributions of authorship are almost all valid.</div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="408" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#0000BF" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#FFCC99 HEIGHT= 419 WIDTH="396"><div> There is a world - I do not say a world in which all scholars live but one at any rate into which all of them sometimes stray, and which some of them seem permanently to inhabit - which is not the world in which I live.  In my world, if <I>The Times</I> and <I>The Telegraph</I> both tell one story in somewhat different terms, nobody concludes that one of them must have copied the other, nor that the variations in the story have some esoteric significance.  But in that world of which I am speaking this would be taken for granted.  There, no story is ever derived from the facts but always from somebody else’s version of the same story. . . .  In my world, almost every book, except some of those produced by Government departments, is written by one author.  In that world almost every book is produced by a committee, and some of them by a whole series of committees.  In my world, if I read that Mr. Churchill, in 1935, said that Europe was heading for a disastrous war, I applaud his foresight.  In that world no prophecy, however vaguely worded, is ever made except after the fact.  In my world we say, ‘The first world-war took place in 1914–1918.’  In that world they say, ‘The world-war narrative took shape in the third decade of the twentieth century.’  In my world men and women live for a considerable time - seventy, eighty, even a hundred years - and they are equipped with a thing called memory.  In that world (it would appear) they come into being, write a book, and forthwith perish, all in a flash, and it is noted of them with astonishment that they ‘preserve traces of primitive tradition’ about things which happened well within their own adult lifetime.</div> <div> -- A. H. N. Green-Armytage, <I>John Who Saw</I> (1952)</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> James, the "Brother of the Lord", is an outstanding figure in the New Testament and is traditionally regarded as the first Patriarch of Jerusalem.  He is also the only Christian of that era mentioned in a secular source.  His image nonetheless quickly became enmeshed in legends of doubtful orthodoxy, then faded to to a dull, saintly pastel.  The epistle that bears his name became controversial during the Reformation, when Martin Luther denounced it as "straw".  John Painter's <A HREF="id120.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The First Great Bishop"><U><I>Just James</I></U></A> seeks to restore the portrait of this great leader.  The Anchor Bible edition of the <A HREF="id120_luke_timothy_johnson_the_letter_of.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The First Great Bishop"><U><I>Letter of James</I></U></A>, prepared by Luke Timothy Johnson, illuminates its context and meaning, while taking the position that the epistle does in fact come from James himself rather than, as is widely assumed, a later psuedepigrapher.</div> <div> The thousands of closely printed pages of <A HREF="http://www.ccel.org/fathers2/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.ccel.org/fathers2/"><U><I>The Ante-Nicene Fathers</I></U></A> are intimidating to the layman who wishes to learn more about the first three centuries of Christianity.  Bart D. Ehrman helpfully culls some of the most important and characteristic early Church writings in <A HREF="id89.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="First Steps in Christian Beginnings"><U><I>After the New Testament</I></U></A>.  The collection ranges beyond the bounds of what eventually came to be recognized as orthodox.  Perusing what the heretics really said is likely to cure any thoughtful reader of the idea that the Great Church suppressed a diversity of valuable insights.</div> <div> For seventeen centuries, controversy has swirled about the ideas of Origen, one of the great scholars and intellects of the early Church.  Some of his admirers have themselves been outstanding Fathers of the Church; others have been condemned by Ecumenical Councils.  Joseph W. Trigg has collected, in <A HREF="id80.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Subtlety of Scripture"><U><I>Origen</I></U></A>, a dozen long samples of his subject's most typical surviving work, prefaced by a succinct but thorough biography.  These selections emphasize Biblical criticism, the field to which Origen devoted his greatest efforts.  In some respects, such as scientific textual criticism, his work is surprisingly modern.  Nevertheless, his approach to the Bible is different <I>toto caelo</I> from any practiced today.  Fr. Trigg thinks that we can learn from it.  Maybe what we learn will be its pitfalls.</div> <div>  <A NAME="the_reformation"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <B>The Reformation</b></div> <div> Hugh Trevor-Roper's <A HREF="id52.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Less Than the Whole Laud"><U><I>Archbishop Laud</I></U></A> is a full, even-handed, but anachronistically secular, life of the key figure in the development of Anglo-Catholicism.</div> <div> J. P. Kenyon recounts the most famous manifestation of English anti-Catholic bigotry in <A HREF="id75.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="A Vast Right Wing Conspiracy, Restoratio"><U><I>The Popish Plot</I></U></A>.</div> <div>  <A NAME="the_old_testament"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <B>The Old Testament</b></div> <div> In <A HREF="id279.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Reality of Ancient Israel"><U><I>What Did the Biblical Writers Know & When Did They Know It</I></U></A>, veteran archaeologist William G. Dever argues for the historical reliability of much, though not all, of the Old Testament. Unlike most "the Bible as history" volumes, this one is noteworthy for coming from the hand of a secular humanist whose primary concerns are historical rather than religious.</div> <div>  <A NAME="in_hac_lacrimarum_valle_1"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <I><B>In hac lacrimarum valle</b></I></div> <div> <IMG SRC="26663890.jpg" border=0 width="99" height="137" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="2" VSPACE="0">Among the casualties of the attack on the World Trade Center was 85-year-old <A HREF="id151.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church (1916"><U>St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church</U></A>, a tiny chapel in the shadow of the Twin Towers that housed icons donated by Emperor Nicholas II of Russia.</div> <div> <A HREF="id220.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Crusades: Right and Wrong"><U>The Crusades</U></A>, last in the news seven centuries ago, are suddenly a hot topic. Islamic fundamentalists cite them as a continuing grievance, while conservative Christians has leaped up to defend them. The latter are right, I think, to portray the establishment of Outremer as a defensive reaction by Christendom against Moslem agression, but they overlook the point that the effort was badly conceived and probably weakened the Christian cause. Anti-Western Moslems would be lucky to have such inept opponents today.</div> <div> <A HREF="id397.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="In hac lacrimarum valle (2003)"><U>"Just War" under modern conditions</U></A>: George Weigel of the Ethics and Public Policy Center has made an effort to bring the Just War doctrine into the 21st Century and the War on Terror. A critique by the Archbishop of Canterbury shows how well founded Weigel's position is. [10/19/03]</div> <div> <A HREF="id397_september_3_2003.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="In hac lacrimarum valle (2003)"><U>Tragic irony in Iraq</U></A>: As conditions improve, a priest worries that the country's ancient Christian community may be forced into exile by American softness toward radical Islam. [9/3/03]</div> <div> <A HREF="id397_january_4_2003.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="In hac lacrimarum valle (2003)"><U>Dr. Williams on image makeovers</U></A>: The Archbishop of Canterbury subtly undermines his professed liberalism. [1/4/03]</div> <div> <A HREF="id245_december_18_2002.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="In hac lacrimarum valle (20012002)"><U>PBS's Islamic propaganda</U></A>: Americans' tax dollars underwrite a deceptive portrayal of Islam. [12/18/02]</div> <div> <A HREF="id245_july_30_2002.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="In hac lacrimarum valle (20012002)"><U>The West and Islamic Reform</U></A>: The internal debate over the meaning of Islam is important, but Christians should not overestimate our ability to influence it. [7/30/02]</div> <div> <A HREF="id245_july_4_2002.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="In hac lacrimarum valle (20012002)"><U>"Normal times" for the Church</U></A>: The lives of the martyrs, not our current state of comfort and safety, are the measure of Christian normality. [7/4/02]</div> <div> <A HREF="id245_june_9_2002.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="In hac lacrimarum valle (20012002)"><U>Celibates and pedophiles</U></A>: Clerical celibacy isn't a root cause of the Roman Catholic Church's homosexual scandals. [6/9/02]</div> <div> <A HREF="id245_may_5_2002.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="In hac lacrimarum valle (20012002)"><U>Easter thoughts</U></A>: Though Christianity is often dismissed as an obscure and obscurantist footnote to modernity, it is contemporary secularism that is adrift without answers to intellectual or moral conundrums. [5/5/02]</div> <div> <A HREF="id245_may_1_2002.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="In hac lacrimarum valle (20012002)"><U>Intelligent design or unintelligent theology?</U></A>: The "intelligent design" theory of evolution tells us little about science and less about God. [5/1/02]</div> <div> <A HREF="id245_april_22_2002.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="In hac lacrimarum valle (20012002)"><U>The devastating consequences of refusal to judge</U></A>: Substituting tolerance for faith was a bad bargain for both the Roman Catholic Church and the priests who were allowed to prey on children. [4/22/02]</div> <div> <A HREF="id245_april_11_2002.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="In hac lacrimarum valle (20012002)"><U>The "red heifer" and Middle East peace</U></A>: Theological aberrations of 19th Century Protestantism could have lethal consequences. [4/11/02]</div> <div> <A HREF="id245_april_3_2002.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="In hac lacrimarum valle (20012002)"><U>Islamofascist "respect" for Christianity</U></A>: The siege of the Church of the Nativity is another episode in Moslem radicals' manipulation of Christian sentiment. [4/3/02]</div> <div> <A HREF="id245_march_12_2002.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="In hac lacrimarum valle (20012002)"><U>Ashcroft insults Islam?</U></A>: Pretending that there are no differences between Christian and Moslem beliefs is a disservice to both faiths. [3/12/02]</div> <div> <A HREF="id245_february_25_2002.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="In hac lacrimarum valle (20012002)"><U>A Christian-econut alliance?</U></A>: Ecological extremists may be right about an occasional controversy, but making common cause with them is folly. [2/25/02]</div> <div> <A HREF="id245_february_18_2002.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="In hac lacrimarum valle (20012002)"><U>"Replacement theology" and the Jews</U></A>: A Jewish writer is bamboozled into blaming antisemitism on a supposed Christian doctrine that few Christians would recognize. [2/18/02]</div> <div> <A HREF="id245_february_9_2002.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="In hac lacrimarum valle (20012002)"><U>Christianity and antisemitism</U></A>: Despite the fact that contemporary antisemitism comes primarily from strongly anti-Christian sources, some "experts" blame Chistianity for its existence. [2/9/02]</div> <div> <A HREF="id245_december_25_2001.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="In hac lacrimarum valle (20012002)"><U>The annual campaign against Christmas</U></A>: Not even the Faith's most determined critics can whole-heartedy condemn the holiday. [12/25/01]</div> <div> <A HREF="id245_december_8_2001.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="In hac lacrimarum valle (20012002)"><U>The Quest for the historical Mohammed</U></A>: Modern scholarly methods are rarely applied to the study of early Islam, but there are indications that the traditional picture may be far from factual. [12/8/01]</div> <div>  <A NAME="other_sites"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <B>Other Sites</b></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.ccel.org/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.ccel.org/"><U>The Christian Classics Ethereal Library</U></A> is a huge collection of electronic versions of public domain Christian texts, including the complete series of <I>Ante-Nicene Fathers</I> and <I>Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers.</I>  Most of the material has been converted to HTML. Some of the more obscure works are PDF files.</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.goarch.org/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.goarch.org/"><U>The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America</U></A>'s Web site has grown steadily more impressive, with a number of audio and video presentations, as well as a utilitarian parish directory, basic information about Orthodox Christianity and a page of links to other Orthodox sites (many out of date, alas). The <A HREF="http://www.oca.org/index.asp" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.oca.org/index.asp"><U>Orthodox Church in America</U></A> and the <A HREF="http://www.antiochian.org/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.antiochian.org/"><U>Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America</U></A> also have useful sites.</div> <div> <A HREF="http://aggreen.net/orth_links/orthlink.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://aggreen.net/orth_links/orthlink.h"><U>Orthodox Church and Bible Study Links</U></A> is the most complete set of Orthodoxy-related links that I have yet discovered.</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/"><U>Orthodoxy Today</U></A>, maintained by Fr. Johannes Jacobse, has links to articles on social and moral issues and a <A HREF="http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/mt/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/mt/"><U>blog</U></A> commenting on them from an Orthodox perspective.</div> <div> My old and dear friends Father Charles and Presbytera Sara Dinkler serve <A HREF="http://www.westernorthodoxy.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.westernorthodoxy.com"><U>Holy Cross Orthodox Church</U></A>, a small <A HREF="http://www.westernorthodox.com/index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.westernorthodox.com/index.htm"><U>Western Rite</U></A> parish in Orinda, California.  The parish's Web site has information about the Western Rite's history and customs, plus a selection Father Charles' excellent homilies. (Update: Fr. Charles entered into life eternal on the night of September 11, 2003. Lord have mercy upon him.)</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.swcp.com/christian-fandom/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.swcp.com/christian-fandom/"><U>Christian Fandom</U></A> is a nondenominational, though mostly Protestant, group devoted to fellowship among Christian fans and the exploration of the religious elements of science fiction.</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.jewishworldreview.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.jewishworldreview.com/"><U>Jewish World Review</U></A> (profiled by Rod Dreher in <A HREF="http://www.opinionjournal.com/taste/?id=95001772" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.opinionjournal.com/taste/?id="><U><I>The Wall Street Journal</I></U></A><I> </I>and Lou Marano for <A HREF="http://www.jewishworldreview.com/press/2002-06-01upi/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.jewishworldreview.com/press/2"><U>United Press International</U></A>) offers a wide range of religious and secular commentary from a politically conservative, traditionalist Jewish perspective. Tax-deductible contributions to this worthy, but financially strapped, enterprise can be sent to its sponsor, Keren Yehoshua V'Yisroel, c/o Black, 125 Carey Street, Lakewood, New Jersey 08701. (Mark checks "Jewish World Review" to make sure that they get to the right place.)</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.blogs4god.com/linker/index.php" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.blogs4god.com/linker/index.ph"><U>Blogs4God</U></A> is a "semi-definitive list of Christian blogs". Blogging has also come to the Orthodox world. Orthodox Christian weblogs and personal sites include -</div> <div> <A HREF="http://glenrosefarm.blogspot.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://glenrosefarm.blogspot.com/"><U><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Notes From a Hillside Farm</U></A> (by John Bell, who coincidentally worships at the same parish, <A HREF="http://www.stmaryorthodox.org/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.stmaryorthodox.org/"><U>St. Mary's (OCA)</U></A>, that I did when I lived in Virginia)</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.1453.org/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.1453.org/"><U><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Orthopraxis</U></A> (by Fr. Nectarios, an Orthodox priest; links to articles and essays of interest to Orthodox Christians, with very little commentary)</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.doxos.com/weblog.php" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.doxos.com/weblog.php"><U><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Doxos</U></A> (an Orthodox convert's first-rate blog)</div> <div> <A HREF="#_______home" TITLE="Religion"><U><B><Return to Top of Page></b></U></A></div> <div> <B>  <script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript">var site="sm8Stromata";var g_frames=true;</script> <script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript1.2" src="http://sm8.sitemeter.com/js/counter.js?site=sm8Stromata"> </script> <noscript> <a href="http://sm8.sitemeter.com/stats.asp?site=sm8Stromata" target="_top"> <img src="http://sm8.sitemeter.com/meter.asp?site=sm8Stromata" alt="Site Meter" border=0></a> </noscript>    </b></div> </td> </tr></table></body>