Thursday, November 30, 2006
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
Tuesday, November 28, 2006
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
UPDATED - FYI: Islam
UPDATED: The Adhan: Islam's Call to Prayer, Mecca, Medina -- Beliefnet.com
- IslamiCity.com - The Five Pillars of Islam
- Video: Conditions for the Hajj
- Video: Whirling Dervishes
FYI: The "Ara Pacis Augustae", plus the Imperial Image in Late Antiquity
Ara Pacis: "Indeed, the altar was real and was used as a site for sacrificing animals, large and small alike. There were drainholes for the sacrificial blood to flow out from the structure." (See at right, from ARA PACIS TOUR)- Late Antiquity: Imperial Image
FYI: Early Christianity & Saint Peter's Basilica
- The Spread of Christianity
- "Old" Saint Peter's: On the left of the road was a circus begun by Caligula, and finished by Nero; on the right a line of tombs built against the clay cliffs of the Vatican. The circus was the scene of the first sufferings of the Christians, described by Tacitus in the well-known passage of the "Annals," xv.45. Some of the Christians were covered with the skins of wild beasts so that savage dogs might tear them to pieces; others were besmeared with tar and tallow, and burnt at the stake; others were crucified (crucibus adfixi), while Nero in the attire of a vulgar aurigaยบ ran his races around the goals. This took place in A.D. 65. Two years later the leader of the Christians shared the same fate in the same place. He was affixed to a cross like the others, and we know exactly where. A tradition current in Rome from time immemorial says that S. Peter was executed inter duas metas (between the two metae), that is, in the spina or middle line of Nero's circus, at an equal distance from the two end goals; in other words, he was executed at the foot of the obelisk which now towers in front of his great church. For many centuries after the peace of Constantine, the exact spot of S. Peter's execution was marked by a chapel called the chapel of the "Crucifixion."
- 360 Degree Tour of St. Peter's Square
- Virtual Reality Tour of Ravenna! (Gorgeous early Christian art & architecture!!)
- Pictures of Jesus - ReligionFacts
- Christ as Roman Soldier Mosaic
Wednesday, November 08, 2006
Tuesday, November 07, 2006
FYI: Writing...
BTW, the papers do not have to be limited strictly to the stipulated page limit. If they go a bit over, that's okay!
Also, need some writing help? You can check out the SJC Writing Center!
Also, need some writing help? You can check out the SJC Writing Center!
Monday, November 06, 2006
UPDATED: REQUIRED - Supplemental Assignment for Thurs., Nov. 9
As part of your assignment for Thurs., Nov. 9, please read the text of the complete "Deeds of the Divine Augustus" (Res Gestae Divi Augusti) in addition to the pages already assigned in the syllabus! Be sure then to take the complete text into consideration when writing your essay due that day!!
UPDATE: Also, there will be no reading quiz on Adams that day, but do integrate the Adams' material into your essay writing!!
UPDATE: Also, there will be no reading quiz on Adams that day, but do integrate the Adams' material into your essay writing!!
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