Subscribe for free today!
Get newsletters with the latest content, and access to exclusive ebooks and podcast episodes.
Already subscribed? Log in to stop seeing invitations to subscribe.
Where are the nine?
By Diogenes ( articles ) | Aug 13, 2008
An Australian scholar, citing the apocryphal Armenian Gospel of the Infancy, suggests that the young Jesus and his friends probably played an early version of cricket.
Ridiculous. We all know it was a rudimentary form of baseball, not cricket.
And anyway, is this supposed to be a new discovery? How many times, as a child, were you reminded how St. John's Gospel begins: "In the big inning, …"
All comments are moderated. To lighten our editing burden, only current donors are allowed to Sound Off. If you are a current donor, log in to see the comment form; otherwise please support our work, and Sound Off!
