When the ancient gods came back.(Books)(On Books)

The Washington Times;  March 25, 2001 ;   Walters, Colin;   787 words ......were no less arid for the ancient Greek gods. To be sure, the ups and downs of Zeus...beyond the dawn of Christianity. Once, the gods had used to show themselves to men, then...did their share to sustain the classical gods' place in the world. Then there was reason...

Adventures of the gods

The Spectator;  January 21, 2006 ;   Morris, Roderick Conway;   787 words ......Christian Church sought to banish the ancient gods, but their fascination proved too strong...legitimate subjects of art. How the antique gods and demigods descended to earth again...compendium of the lives and loves of the gods. Mediaeval writers and encyclopaedists...

Arrival of the space Gods?

Skeptic (Altadena, CA);  September 22, 2007 ;   Loxton, Daniel;   314 words ...Chariots of the Gods? claims that several thousand years ago, at the dawn...powerful technology, they'd automatically seem like gods to our ancestors. They would even have acted like gods, whether they meant to or not. If they gave us information...

JOSEPH OF EXETER'S PAGAN GODS AGAIN.

Medium Aevum;  March 22, 2001 ;   RIGG, A. G.;   787 words ......Hugh C. Parker described how the pagan gods function in Joseph of Exeter's Ylias.(1...action, much as Chaucer does with planetary gods'.(2) I did indeed say this, and by it I...treat Diana, Mars, Venus, and Saturn as gods, but the poet shows that each of these...

The Twilight of the Gods: Polytheism in the Hebrew Bible

Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society;  December 1, 2006 ;   Austel, Hermann;   545 words ...The Twilight of the Gods: Polytheism in the Hebrew Bible. By David...to show that belief in the existence of gods besides Yahweh was always part and parcel...into two parts. The first is entitled "The Gods of Ancient Israel," and the second bears...

Ted Turner takes $90 million gamble on `Gods and Generals'.(Knight Ridder...

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  February 25, 2003 ;   Hiltbrand, David;   787 words ......waged in cineplexes across the country. Can Gods and Generals capture an audience beyond...manufacture more than 1,700 prints. If ``Gods and Generals'' tanks, it will be Turner...the stakes. His $90 million investment in Gods and Generals,'' a project originally budgeted...

Ted Turner takes $90 million gamble on `Gods and Generals'.

The Philadelphia Inquirer (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service);  February 21, 2003 ;     787 words ......waged in cineplexes across the country. Can Gods and Generals capture an audience beyond...manufacture more than 1,700 prints. If ``Gods and Generals'' tanks, it will be Turner...the stakes. His $90 million investment in Gods and Generals,'' a project originally budgeted...

Appeasing the football gods: things not to say and not to do in order to...

Coach and Athletic Director;  February 1, 2003 ;   McIntyre, Edwin;   787 words ......of every contest - the almighty Football Gods. In certain parts of the country where...is more than a way of life, the Football Gods have made the game a religion. The fans...to stay on the good side of the Football Gods. THINGS NOT TO SAY 1 We've been lucky tonight...

`Cooking for the Gods' Exhibition

India Abroad;  October 20, 1995 ;   Jyotirmoy Datta;   446 words ......India Abroad 10-20-1995 `Cooking for the Gods' Exhibition. A special exhibition opens...New Jersey on Oct. 22, "Cooking for the Gods: The Art of Home Ritual Bengal," which...relationship between the worshiper and the gods that exists in Bengal in India. The exhibition...

Mother of the Gods: From Cybele to the Virgin Mary

Anglican Theological Review;  October 1, 2005 ;   Molleur, Joseph;   614 words ...Mother of the Gods: From Cybele to the Virgin Mary. By Philippe...scholarly excavation of the mother of the gods "aims at avoiding [such] monotonous repetitions...traces the "itinerary" of the mother of the gods-a goddess sometimes known as Cybele, sometimes...

FILM OF THE WEEK: 'GODS AND GENERALS'

United Press International;  February 20, 2003 ;     787 words ...00-00-0000 Film of the Week: 'Gods and Generals' LOS ANGELES, Feb 20, 2003...International via COMTEX) -- The Civil War epic Gods and Generals is one of the more remarkable...and written and directed by Ron Maxwell, Gods and Generals is the large-budget prequel...

WAR! WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR? `The Chairgod said that gods were generally in...

The Independent - London;  August 29, 2002 ;   MILES KINGTON;   678 words ......heaven, ie of the regular get-together of gods which takes place at regular intervals to monitor Earth's "progress". These gods are not just the lot currently believed...to be fashionable - Norse, Inca, Aztec gods etc. We had just reached the item on...

Gods of War, Gods of Peace: How the Meeting of Native and Colonial...

Church History;  September 1, 2003 ;   Goode, Richard C.;   787 words ...Gods of War, Gods of Peace: How the Meeting of Native and Colonial Religions Shaped Early...story of contested faiths, as both Indians and colonists drew upon their gods both to make sense of and to control unfolding events. There they stood...

'Gods and Generals' far from divine.(South Valley Bee)

The Fresno Bee (Fresno, CA);  March 7, 2003 ;     787 words ......opportunity to attend a sneak preview of Gods and Generals -- a Civil War motion picture...aara's best-selling novel, The Killer Angels. Gods and Generals is actually a prequel to the...just prior to the Battle of Gettysburg, Gods and Generals, through vivid battlefield...

``GODS AND GENERALS'' FARES WELL AS HISTORY, POORLY AS DRAMA.(DAILY...

The Virginian Pilot;  February 25, 2003 ;     787 words ...Byline: MAL VINCENT THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT GODS AND Generals,'' the second part of a projected...As long as it is on the battlefield, ``Gods and Generals,'' a prequel to 1993's more...depicting the early Confederate victories in ``Gods and Generals.'' In doing so, Turner and...