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“And then we find ourselves facing a prospect Brown did not consider. If the youth of Jesus was filled in fictively only once the sonship was pushed back to physical conception and birth, mustn't the stories of the ministry have been similarly fabricated only once the sonship had been pushed back from the resurrection to the baptism? This was exactly the suggestion of Paul Couchoud, to which we shall return.”
― The Incredible Shrinking Son of Man: How Reliable Is the Gospel Tradition?
― The Incredible Shrinking Son of Man: How Reliable Is the Gospel Tradition?
“I heard what sounded like twenty rockets exploding nearby, because twenty rockets exploded nearby.”
― Screw The Galaxy
― Screw The Galaxy
“I heard he was banished to Belvaille for breaking technology restrictions like the mad scientist he was.”
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“Living on the surface of a planet, mass sucking at every bone and muscle, and nothing but gravity to keep your air close, seemed like a fast path to crazy. The blue was nice, though. Some”
― Leviathan Wakes
― Leviathan Wakes
“I found myself listening to Walter Bjork's fascinating radio program Bible Questionnaire (WFME, Orange, N.J.), and a caller asked where in the Bible one would find the statement "Neither borrower nor lender be." The poor host flipped like mad through his concordance without success. Naturally, since the quote is not from the Bible at all, but from Shakespeare's Hamlet! But it sounded biblical, so caller and host alike attributed it to scripture. Can it have been much more difficult to naively attribute wise sayings to Jesus?”
― The Incredible Shrinking Son of Man: How Reliable Is the Gospel Tradition?
― The Incredible Shrinking Son of Man: How Reliable Is the Gospel Tradition?
Jesse Kraybill’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Jesse Kraybill’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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377 books
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202 books
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604 books
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195 books
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143 books
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279 books
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255 books
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68 friends
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Favorite Genres
Adult Fiction, Book Club, Fantasy, Fiction, History, Horror, Mystery, Non-fiction, Poetry, and Science fiction
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