Reformed Churchmen

We are Confessional Calvinists and a Prayer Book Church-people. In 2012, we remembered the 350th anniversary of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer; also, we remembered the 450th anniversary of John Jewel's sober, scholarly, and Reformed "An Apology of the Church of England." In 2013, we remembered the publication of the "Heidelberg Catechism" and the influence of Reformed theologians in England, including Heinrich Bullinger's Decades. For 2014: Tyndale's NT translation. For 2015, John Roger, Rowland Taylor and Bishop John Hooper's martyrdom, burned at the stakes. Books of the month. December 2014: Alan Jacob's "Book of Common Prayer" at: http://www.amazon.com/Book-Common-Prayer-Biography-Religious/dp/0691154813/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1417814005&sr=8-1&keywords=jacobs+book+of+common+prayer. January 2015: A.F. Pollard's "Thomas Cranmer and the English Reformation: 1489-1556" at: http://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Cranmer-English-Reformation-1489-1556/dp/1592448658/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1420055574&sr=8-1&keywords=A.F.+Pollard+Cranmer. February 2015: Jaspar Ridley's "Thomas Cranmer" at: http://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Cranmer-Jasper-Ridley/dp/0198212879/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1422892154&sr=8-1&keywords=jasper+ridley+cranmer&pebp=1422892151110&peasin=198212879

Wednesday, January 8, 2014

(Biblical Archaeology): Visualizing Ancient Antioch

Ancient Antioch: Visualizing Antioch’s Trade Networks with Google Earth

Bible and archaeology news


Kristina Neumann created an interactive map tracing ancient Antioch’s trade networks. Courtesy Kristina Neumann and the University of Cincinnati.

Digital humanities research—research that employs cutting-edge computing technologies to study disciplines in the humanities—has allowed researchers to examine ancient political and economic relationships from a broader perspective. So believes Kristina Neumann, doctoral candidate at the University of Cincinnati, who created an interactive map tracing ancient Antioch’s trade networks using the popular Google Earth software. Her research, described in a press release from the University of Cincinnati, reveals that ancient Antioch—a Syrian city that played a vital role in the emergence of Hellenistic Judaism and early Christianity—had a more extensive trading network than previously thought.


Neumann created an extensive database of Antiochene coin hoards dating from the late third century B.C.E. to the early fifth century C.E as well as non-Antiochene coins excavated at ancient Antioch. The database recorded information such as where each coin was found, when it was minted and under which ruler it was made. Neumann then imported the data into Google Earth.





After leaving Antioch, Paul traveled to the heart of Anatolia. Take a look at the route of his missionary journey in a web-exclusive slideshow of photographs by BAR author Mark R. Fairchild.


For the rest, see:
http://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/news/ancient-antioch-visualizing-antioch%e2%80%99s-trade-networks-with-google-earth/

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