Quote of the day
War is not its own end, except in some catastrophic slide into absolute damnation. It's peace that's wanted. Some better peace than the one you started with.
Gerd Theissen

Born: April 24, 1943 (age 81)
Bio: Gerd Theißen is a German Protestant theologian and New Testament scholar. He is Professor of New Testament Theology at the University of Heidelberg.
Known for:
- The shadow of the Galilean (1987)
- The Historical Jesus: A Comprehensive Guide (1998)
- The Religion of the Earliest Churches (1999)
- Fortress introduction to the New Testament (2003)
- The social setting of Pauline Christianity (1982)