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| Morals and the Self-Righteous Mind, The Handwritten Bible, and More |
| June 13, 2013 |
Summary: Why it’s so hard to see other points of points of view, Coptic Christians and desert mystics, and the Handwritten Bible: copied with care for 4 years. |
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| The Copts: Nurturing Jesus in the Deserts of Egypt |
June 13, 2013 |
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For Coptic Christians, the story of Christianity is rooted in Egypt--where the young Jesus was nurtured and protected from the tyrant ruler King Herod. They’ve lived there since biblical times, often dwelling in the dusty caverns of the desert.
Pictured: Saint Menas, a 6th-century Coptic icon.
James Cowan, author of Fleeing Herod: A Journey Through Coptic Egypt with the Holy Family
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| The Handwritten Bible |
June 13, 2013 |
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Seven years after he first got the idea, Phillip Patterson finally completed a seemingly impossible task: to hand-copy the entire Christian Bible. He wrote in cursive for four years, sometimes for 14 hours a day, enduring the death of his partner and an ongoing struggle with AIDS. On May 11th, he finished, copying the last two verses of the Book of Revelation. His favorite passage in the entire Bible? "Love thy neighbor as thyself."
View photos of Phillip's bible
Phillip Patterson, creator of the Handwritten Bible |
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