Quote of the day
The Constitution was the expression not only of a political faith, but also of political fears. It was wrought both as the organ of the national interest and as the bulwark of certain individual and local rights.
John Dominic Crossan
Born: February 17, 1934 (age 91)
Bio: John Dominic Crossan is an Irish-American New Testament scholar, historian of early Christianity, and former Catholic priest who has produced both scholarly and popular works.
Known for:
- Jesus: A Revolutionary Biography (1994)
- Raid on the articulate (1976)
- The Birth of Christianity (1998)