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Quotation Marks
Comments on religious wear, cuneiform tablets, old papers, and other subjects.
Compiled by Ted Olsen
"Whatever the ring is intended to symbolize, it is a piece of jewelry … She voluntarily accepted the uniform policy of the school and there are other means open to her to practise her belief without undue hardship or inconvenience."
British judge Michael Supperstone, ruling that a school may ban a student's chastity ring even though it allows Muslim and Sikh students to wear headscarfs and religious bracelets.
(Source: BBC)
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"A throwaway detail in the Old Testament turns out to be accurate and true. I think that it means that the whole of the narrative [of Jeremiah] takes on a new kind of power."
Irving Finkel, curator at the British Museum, on a cuneiform tablet recording a gift by Nebo-Sarsekim, Nebuchadnezzar II's chief eunuch, confirming a name in Jeremiah 39.
(Source: The Telegraph)
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/200 ... 13.19.html
See also
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/200 ... ml#related
Ian
Comments on religious wear, cuneiform tablets, old papers, and other subjects.
Compiled by Ted Olsen
"Whatever the ring is intended to symbolize, it is a piece of jewelry … She voluntarily accepted the uniform policy of the school and there are other means open to her to practise her belief without undue hardship or inconvenience."
British judge Michael Supperstone, ruling that a school may ban a student's chastity ring even though it allows Muslim and Sikh students to wear headscarfs and religious bracelets.
(Source: BBC)
***
"A throwaway detail in the Old Testament turns out to be accurate and true. I think that it means that the whole of the narrative [of Jeremiah] takes on a new kind of power."
Irving Finkel, curator at the British Museum, on a cuneiform tablet recording a gift by Nebo-Sarsekim, Nebuchadnezzar II's chief eunuch, confirming a name in Jeremiah 39.
(Source: The Telegraph)
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/200 ... 13.19.html
See also
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/200 ... ml#related
Ian
