POLITICS AND PROPHETS
Bathsheba at her Bath (1654) by Rembrandt
second thoughts
Paul Rutherford
- May 28
- 6 min
IT AIN'T NECESSARILY SO
David's qualities and the challenges of his opponent are archetypes that chime with everyone, everywhere, throughout time.
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Paul Rutherford
- May 14
- 4 min
SAMSON AND... SHERLOCK
If the Torah is the set up for the people of Israel - the Creation of the world, the selection of Abraham's lineage, the capture and...
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Paul Rutherford
- Feb 3
- 10 min
THE BIRTH OF A NATION
The Bible is a core part of Western culture. So in lock-down, I read it. Now I'm writing - at most to inspire you, at least to save you time
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Paul Rutherford
- Jan 19
- 8 min
ONE BOOK, MANY VERSIONS
Popular Bibles were published in the first half of the C20th, but it was the 1960s that started the huge expansion in choice of versions.
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Paul Rutherford
- Jan 11
- 7 min
BAD YEAR, GOOD BOOK
The book that I’ve missed, again and again, has been The Bible. Like many I have started it a few times but run out of enthusiasm – or time
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Paul Rutherford
- Apr 6, 2020
- 3 min
FROM CAPTAIN TO PASSENGER
At first I thought 'I've got a problem'. Then I thought 'No; I have an adventure'. Instead of resisting what's going
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Paul Rutherford
- Dec 16, 2019
- 3 min
10 MISSTEPS TO A VIDEO
You can learn a lot from unsolicited promos on social media. Especially what to avoid... Here are the 10 MISSTEPS to making a video that...
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Michael Lewis
- Jun 10, 2019
- 2 min
THE FOURTH COOKIE
Excerpt #2/2 from 'Don't Eat Fortune's Cookie', the 2012 Princeton commencement speech by alumni Michael Lewis. He is the author of...
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Michael Lewis
- Jun 3, 2019
- 1 min
RATIONALIZING LUCK
Excerpt #1/2 from 'Don't Eat Fortune's Cookie', the 2012 Princeton commencement speech by alumni Michael Lewis. He is the author of...
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Andrew Smith
- May 27, 2019
- 1 min
BULLETS FOR CONVENIENCE
Excerpt #2/2 from 'How PowerPoint is killing critical thought', an essay by British author, essayist, and documentary-maker Andrew Smith....
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