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Prominent leader of the Jesus Seminar and the later-20th-century search for the Historical Jesus. Obit here.

Today I was by chance reading William Brashear's publication of P.Berol. 17207, a "Prayer of Seth." In addition to being a typically (for him) brilliant display of papyrological skill, it is written in flawless, idiomatic German, hopelessly fluent by the standards of most foreigners struggling with the language ( Read more... )

posted many times before and now posted again: the high point of Joan's career - hosting and outwitting GWAR:

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http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/kino/alien-erfinder-h-r-giger-ist-tot-a-969080.htmlhttp://kotaku.com/5826409/when-disgustingly-

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2013/06/24/130624fa_fact_macfarquhar

15 years we have had to live without him! Here are some famous clips. Not that I can watch them in Germany :(

http://www.vulture.com/2013/05/phil-hartman-15-years-after-his-death.html

Here is a lovely article on his contribution to the LA Punk scene. Very cool.

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-ray-manzarek-appreciation-20130522,0,1462286.story

one of the more hilarious side characters (always a heel) in the world of pro wrestling.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/the-turnstile/wwe-resident-mortician-paul-bearer-dead-58-011944534.html

I mean, whose idea was

"Nothing that is expressed is obscene. What is obscene is what is hidden."

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/16/movies/nagisa-oshima-iconoclastic-filmmaker-dies-at-80.html?_r=0