Israeli archaeologist and historian Weingarten examines Jerome's writing about saints looking for evidence of what the fourth-century world looked like from his base in Bethlehem. His commentaries are
The Minim (i.e. Heretics) is the nickname which was given by the Jewish leaders in the second century CE to Christians in the formative time of these two religions. Yaakov Y. Teppler studies the ident
Whether it was Patti Smith's angry moan, Nina Simone's guttural growl, or Dolly Parton's towering hair and sweet voice, women have been a musical force to be reckoned with, inspired by, and paid atten