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From the Editor
Focus on...
THE
HISTORICAL JESUS
Did Jesus exist? Did he walk the streets of Jerusalem? The Historicity of Jesus article answers these questions with a firm affirmative. Historicity does not discuss if Jesus walked on water, but if he walked at all. The issue was the subject of scholarly debate before the end of last century, but the academic debate is almost over now. As the article discusses, virtually all academic opposition to the existence of Jesus has evaporated away now and scholars see it as a concluded issue. The discussion is now just among mostly self-published non-academics.
In 2011 John Dickson tweeted that if anyone finds a professor of history who denies that Jesus lived,he would eat a page of his Bible (Matthew 1 he said). Dickson's Bible is still safe.
The article discusses the ancient sources that relate to Jesus and how they fit together to establish that he existed. The evidence for Jesus is not just based on the Christian gospels, but by inter-relating them with non-Christian sources, and the fact that they all "fit together". Moreover, the existence of Jesus is not supported just by Christian scholars and in recent years the detailed knowledge of Jewish scholars and their discoveries (e.g. Shlomo Pines' discovery of the Syriac Josephus) has proven highly beneficial. We encourage you to read and follow the article, for the existence of Jesus is central to the existence of Christianity.
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Just a few years after its publication,
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- ... that Soli Deo Gloria, at the beginning and end of all his church compositions to give God credit for the work, and that Handelat times did the same?
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WikiProject Christianity Newsletter (July 2013)
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WP:X has gained another Featured Article, Gospel of the Ebionites, by Ignocrates. The Gospel of the Ebionites is the name scholars give to an apocryphal gospel that supposedly belonged to a sect known as the Ebionites. It consists of seven short quotations discovered in a heresiology known as the Panarion, written by Epiphanius of Salamis, and its original title remains unknown. The text is a gospel harmony composed in Greek, and is believed to have been written during the middle of the 2nd century.
St Mihangel's Church, Llanfihangel yn Nhowyn was promoted to Good Article status, as was two other welsh churches, St Enghenedl's Church, Llanynghenedl, and St Peter's Church, Llanbedrgoch.
The main page also featured several DYK hooks for articles in our project, namely
Church of the month
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The parent Christianity WikiProject currently has 367 active members. We would like to welcome our newest members,
Focus on...
THE
HISTORICAL JESUS
When did Jesus live? When did he die? How do we know? We do, in fact, have excellent information about the time intervals for the life and death of Jesus. As in other people who lived and died in the first century, this gives an approximate date range, but still, give or take 3-4 years and we have pretty good estimates confirmed by a number of really diverse sources, ranging from inscriptions in Delphi to Roman and Jewish sources. The Chronology of Jesus article discusses how a wide variety of Christian, Jewish and Roman sources are used to establish the time-frame for the life and death of Jesus.
And all of his data fits together. For instance, the chronology of Paul had been discussed based on the
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This two volume book (with a very apt title) is gem-filled with scholarly research.
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- ... that the Russian journalist Hemis monastery that an adult Jesus had traveled to India, later confessed to fabricating his evidence?
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This issue was distributed on behalf of Gilderien, current editor of the Ichthus, at 20:38, 30 June 2013 (UTC). Comments and other feedback are always welcome at his talk page.
Sakurai's Object
Hi Rursus, I've just posted on the talk page for Sakurai's Object, and as the creator and primary other contributor to the article, I'd like a response from you in particular! Thanks. Samwalton9 (talk) 14:09, 24 July 2013 (UTC)
August 2013 WikiProject Christianity Newsletter
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August 2013 |
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Welcome to the August 2013 issue of the WikiProject Christianity newsletter. We focus on the historical Jesus and reflect on the last month.
The project has another featured picture,
Our project had several of its articles featured in the main page DYK section, including
Our thanks go to all of those who have worked to achieve these article milestones.
Church of the month
This image, of Maillezais Cathedral and created by Selbymay was this month promoted to featured picture status.
Membership report
We would like to welcome our newest members,
Focus on...
THE
HISTORICAL JESUS
What was Jesus like? What did he preach? Did he claim to be the Messiah? Did he predict an apocalypse? What can we know about him outside a religious context? The Historical Jesus article discusses what can be known about Jesus with various degrees of probability. While scholars agree on the over all flow and outline of Jesus' life (his baptism by John, debated Jewish authorities, healings, and his crucifixion by Pilate) they have built various and diverging portraits of the rest of his life. These range from minimalist portraits that accept very little of the gospel accounts to maximalists who accept most of the accounts as historical.
The portraits of Jesus have at times been unwitting reflections of the researchers themselves, and Crossan once quipped that some authors "do autobiography and call it biography". However, the study of historical Jesus has made one thing clear: there is so much to learn about Jesus that the more one looks, the more there is to discover.
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In this book Maurice Casey not only draws on his special expertise in the Aramaic traditions and the Q source, but provides a comprehensive review of the various approaches to the historical Jesus.
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--Gilderien Chat|What I've done 22:04, 31 July 2013 (UTC)
...but my stellar physics sucks - these papers I have trouble with...you're welcome to make it more detailed....I see a DYK a-coming. I'd never heard about these stars before...cool.....Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 13:35, 24 January 2014 (UTC)
- 1. Well done!
- 2. My university points in stellar physics as well as any physics at all amounts to 0 (zero) each for themselves and in total. It seems the proposed variability type BX CIR are a kind of extreme helium
deficientvariable star. I'll add that. Rursus dixit. (mbork3!) 18:15, 24 January 2014 (UTC)
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Atirsagne
Following your advice (here) I deleted this star name from fr-wiki and it-wiki, though I noticed that it is missing from the list of fake stars in your site. Why? Did you change idea? Best regards Pinea (talk) 16:55, 19 January 2017 (UTC)
- I simply forgot to list it in my tables. Thanks for following my advice. Rursus dixit. (mbork3!) 20:22, 19 January 2017 (UTC)
Epsilon Aurigae/Almaaz
Hey Rursus, you've nosed around star names a bit - I am wondering about this one as I did a lot of digging into star names when I was a kid in the 70s and 80s and I don't remember ever seeing this name used. All the sources quoting it are very recent and I wonder who dug it up (and if it was a hoax or synthesized new/faux old name...) Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 14:16, 11 April 2017 (UTC)
- Almaʽaz is in Allen 98. Allegedly it means he goat (Allen is not always quite reliable), which is reasonable considering Capella the she goat. It is not a hoax in the Wikipedia meaning. Rursus dixit. (mbork3!) 18:52, 11 April 2017 (UTC)
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Hi. We're into the last five days of the Women in Red World Contest. There's a new bonus prize of $200 worth of books of your choice to win for creating the most new women biographies between 0:00 on the 26th and 23:59 on 30th November. If you've been contributing to the contest, thank you for your support, we've produced over 2000 articles. If you haven't contributed yet, we would appreciate you taking the time to add entries to our articles achievements list by the end of the month. Thank you, and if participating, good luck with the finale!
Fake star names
Hi, I just found overlooked bunch of fake star names added by IP: [1] I'll take care of it. Just noticing that the hunt is not over. Szczureq (talk) 18:55, 27 March 2018 (UTC)
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Belated Happy Easter and Kalo Pascha! We're excited to announce the return of our newsletter Ichthus! Getting this issue out was touch-and-go for a while. Check out what's happening at the Project:
- There was a lively discussion about the Easter Did You Know nomination Christ the Lord is Risen Today
- RFC at Knights of Columbus regarding a question about having Prop 8 in the lead
- In anticipation of being nominated for Featured article, Presbyterian Church in the United States of America was put up for Peer Review by Ltwin
- The death of Billy Graham on February 21 was a profound loss for many. For the Wikipedia reaction see this discussion. Graham received a blurb.
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Achievements
In March the Project saw four articles promoted to GA-Class. They were the oh-so-irresistible Delilah (nom. MagicatthemovieS) (pictured), Edict of Torda (nom. Borsoka), David Meade (author) (nom. LovelyGirl7) and last but not least Black Christmas (2006 film) (nom. Drown_Soda). Black Christmas? How did that get in there lol? Congratulations to all of the nominators for a job well done!
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Last month's auspicious relaunch of our newsletter precipitated something of an uproar in the Wikipedia community. What started as a localized edit war over censorship spilled over onto the Administrator's Noticeboard finally ending up at Wikipedia's supreme judicial body ArbCom. Their ruling resulted in the admonishment of administrator Future Perfect at Sunrise for his involvement in the dispute. The story was reported by Wikipedia's venerable flagship newspaper The Signpost.
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- The file is obsolete. It was intended to demonstrate a case of Jensen's device in Algol 60, but the Wikipedia math tag replaces images of formulae so the file is not needed. Rursus dixit. (mbork3!) 10:22, 3 July 2018 (UTC)
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- Martin Luther King Jr. – can't wait to see the new US$5 bill featuring the "I Have a Dream" speech
- Seven deadly sins – surprisingly "original research" is not one of the Seven deadly sins
- Mary, Queen of Scots – arrested for Reigning While Catholic (RWC)
- Michael Curry (bishop) – our article says that he upstaged Meghan at her wedding. Did you see her wedding pictures? All I can say is {{dubious}}
- Robert F. Kennedy – when informed that missiles were being installed in Cuba he famously quipped, "Can they hit Oxford, Mississippi?"
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Star name disinformation page
Hello Rursus! I just cleaned up the List of proper names of stars article, and now I'm looking to correct the etymologies and unconfirmed names based on the info you have on your page. Thank you for having a page talking about the accuracy of various sources, that's super helpful! However, a few of the fake star names on there have become real star names: Aldhibah for ζ Draconis A, Ashlesha for ε Hydrae A, Salm for τ Pegasi, Polis for μ Sagittarii Aa, Mahasim for θ Aurigae A, and Miram for η Persei A. Ukdah for ι Hydrae has also been officially accepted! Just wanted to let you know and ask if I could remove them from your list. TuskDeer (talk) 08:55, 11 October 2020 (UTC)
- Thank you for your praise. Of course you can remove them from your list. Rursus dixit. (mbork3!) 09:54, 11 October 2020 (UTC)
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- @24.78.228.96: I don't agree. I'm inactive, but it appears that someone in the list of members is active, so that the page was last edited yesterday. Rursus dixit. (mbork3!) 12:49, 14 March 2021 (UTC)
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Where are these located.? 2600:387:A:982:0:0:0:54 (talk) 22:54, 24 May 2022 (UTC)
- You mean Peppersås'n? Rursus dixit. (mbork3!) 06:58, 25 May 2022 (UTC)
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- That's odd. I think the article is not notable, but where is the link to the discussion page? Is this a proper deletion process? Can it really be deleted without a proper deletion category? Rursus dixit. (mbork3!) 15:06, 27 March 2023 (UTC)
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- When I make a search for [Afd: Marxists https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?limit=500&offset=0&prefix=Wikipedia%3AArticles+for+deletion&profile=default&search=Marxists&title=Special:Search&ns0=1] I find nothing! Did you or anyone else make a proper RfD? There must be a discussion page where pro and con is discussed, I think you have missed something important when making a RfD, and that you cannot delete it in the way you propose it is done now. Rursus dixit. (mbork3!) 17:14, 1 April 2023 (UTC)
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