Quote of the day
Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.
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)