Graphic Credit: Joel Kramer Does God’s name, Yahweh, appear outside the pages of the Bible? The remains of a temple at Soleb in the desert of Sudan were excavated in the 1950s. This temple was founded by the Egyptian king Amenhotep III who reigned from around 1400 BC. While studying …
Why do so many novels, dramas and soaps portray clergymen as comic, hypocrites or villains? It’s hard to say who started the fashion. Perhaps Geoffrey Chaucer who, in his Canterbury Tales, portrays his ‘Pardoner’ and ‘Summoner’ as deeply corrupt and abusing their offices for personal gain. His Monk and Prioress live lives of luxury and …
