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Jun 25, 2024 | 
medium.com | Jacob Wright
As spring blossoms in Manchester, so too does the season of final recitals - a time when the RNCM hallways buzz with anxious energy and instrument cases seem to multiply like the Pret cups filling my trash can. It's a special kind of frenzy, one that any musician or friend of a musician knows all too well.
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Apr 16, 2024 | 
toonsmag.com | Jacob Wright
10 Hidden Messages in Popular Cartoons: Cartoons, often seen as mere entertainment for children, frequently contain more profound messages and hidden meanings that resonate with viewers of all ages. From social commentary to subtle references, here are ten instances of hidden messages in famous cartoons. “The Simpsons” is renowned for its satirical take on various aspects of modern society.
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Mar 23, 2024 | 
toonsmag.com | Jacob Wright
Knockout, initially launched as The Knock-Out Comic and later known as The Knock-Out and Knock-Out Comic at various times, was a beloved weekly British comics periodical that graced newsstands from March 4, 1939, to February 16, 1963. Published by Amalgamated Press and later Fleetway Publications and IPC Magazines, this boys’ adventure comic left an indelible mark on readers with its thrilling tales and captivating artwork.
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Mar 22, 2024 | 
lawliberty.org | Jacob Wright |David Conway |Julia Cartwright |James Hankins
For the past half-century, running alongside the bloody conflict between Israel and the Palestinians has been a less widely known, but closely related scholarly dispute, no less bitter or seemingly any less intractable. This second dispute concerns the so-called “historicity” of the Hebrew Bible. What is meant by this expression is the extent to which the events and characters depicted in the Bible are historically genuine or mere fabrications of the religious imagination. A new book by Jacob L.
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Dec 7, 2023 | 
publishersweekly.com | Shai Held |Lamar Hardwick |Christian Wiman |Jacob Wright
Ruby Lal. Yale Univ, $30 (296p) ISBN 978-0-300-25127-2Historian Lal (Empress) delivers an insightful biography of princess Gulbadan Begum (1523–1603), an adventurer and influential presence at court during the early years of the Mughal empire. Born to Babur, the first Mughal king, Gulbadan’s youth was characterized by travel as her father expanded the empire across South Asia.
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Dec 4, 2023 | 
publishersweekly.com | Shai Held |Lamar Hardwick |Christian Wiman |Jacob Wright
Sharon Brous. Avery, $29 (240p) ISBN 978-0-593543-31-3Rabbi Brous, founder of the justice-driven Jewish spiritual community IKAR, explores in her compassionate debut how to better connect with others in a social climate of widespread division.
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Nov 22, 2023 | 
sojo.net | Jacob Wright
As a Jew teaching in a Christian seminary, I work with students in learning how to bring the Hebrew Bible to bear not only on their work in the parish, but also on their engagement in the public sphere. Many of these students are troubled by the growing scourge of Christian nationalism, both in the United States and across the globe. The recent election of Mike Johnson (R.-La.) as House speaker brings the issue to the fore.
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Nov 20, 2023 | 
thebiblefornormalpeople.com | Pete Enns |Jacob Wright
In this episode of The Bible for Normal People, Jacob L. Wright joins Pete and Jared to discuss the origins of the Hebrew Bible, moving beyond just the “how” and asking the deeper question of “why” the Bible began, revealing the quest to unite a people group in the midst of defeat. Join them as they explore the following questions:What is the conventional history of the “why” of Scripture? Is there a Bible during the periods of the kingdoms of Judah and Israel?
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Oct 24, 2023 | 
publishersweekly.com | Shai Held |Lamar Hardwick |Christian Wiman |Jacob Wright
Lamar Hardwick. Brazos, $19.99 trade paper (192p) ISBN 978-1-58743-612-3Pastor Hardwick (Disability and the Church) delivers a searing indictment of the ableist theology that has fueled racial bias in the American church and society. According to the author, Christianity played a foundational role “in developing a caste system in colonial America” by harnessing an ableism that “define[s] which bodies are best...
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Oct 18, 2023 | 
publishersweekly.com | Jessica Wilson |Christian Wiman |Jacob Wright |Julia Watts Belser
Jessica Hooten Wilson. Brazos, $24.99 (192p) ISBN 978-1-58743-618-5In this worthwhile if flawed study, Wilson (Reading for the Love of God), Fletcher Jones Chair of Great Books at Pepperdine University, contextualizes Flannery O’Connor’s little-known third novel, which was left unfinished at the time of her 1964 death.
