Category: History

  • Bible

    Bible

    As an artifact of a period of European history, as a repository of stories and traditions of lost peoples, and as a talisman of authority, the Bible is an object unparalleled. It very clearly originates from a time thousands of years ago, and yet we know almost nothing about its creation. It tells many stories,…

  • Eden

    Eden

    “In the beginning, God created the Heavens and the Earth.” In order to tell a story about how things changed, I have to speak first about the way things were. It was a very different time, and there isn’t much I can point to and say, this was consistent from era to era. Much less…