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Love history? Here's my guide to some UK sites that you'll definitely enjoy! Trust me, I'm a historian...
Amelia
- Oct 15, 2021
- 11 min
The Gospels and Greek Culture, Part 4c: The Genre of the Gospels - Greek Tragedy
The Gospels as Greek tragedy, and the final conclusions of the series.
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Amelia
- Oct 4, 2021
- 10 min
The Gospels and Greek Culture, Part 4b: The Genre of the Gospels - Biography
The Gospels as Graeco-Roman biographies.
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Amelia
- Oct 4, 2021
- 7 min
The Gospels and Greek Culture, Part 4a: The Genre of the Gospels - Historiography
The Gospels as Graeco-Roman historical writing.
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Amelia
- Jul 8, 2021
- 18 min
The Gospels and Greek Culture, Part 3: Representations of Jesus
Jesus is the focal point of each of the 4 Gospels, but he's far from your everyday 1-dimensional storybook character...
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Amelia
- Jun 25, 2021
- 15 min
The Gospels and Greek Culture, Part 2: The Language of the Gospels
We don't always notice it from English translations, but the language of the Gospels was absolutely intentional. Let's explore it.
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Amelia
- Jun 14, 2021
- 8 min
The Gospels and Greek Culture, Part 1: Who were the Gospel Writers?
My MA thesis-turned blog series! The writers' identities are key to unlocking the Gospels themselves, so here's who they [probably] were.
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Amelia
- May 20, 2021
- 11 min
The Reality of the Great British Empire, Part 3: Why Does it Actually Matter Today?
It's all well and good learning about the history of racism, but why is it really important? Here are a few reasons.
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Amelia
- May 12, 2021
- 21 min
The Reality of the Great British Empire, Part 2: What We Did in Our Colonies
Along with 3 guest contributors, I look at the reality of life under British colonial rule - not for the colonisers, but for the colonised.
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Amelia
- Jul 2, 2020
- 14 min
The Reality of the Great British Empire, Part 1: Standing on the Shoulders of Slaves
British history is fascinating but often the parts we don't like get ignored. I'm looking at why we should start taking some responsibility.
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Amelia
- May 30, 2020
- 7 min
The Innocent Fraudster
Impostor Syndrome is something that many of us experience in our lifetime, but it's so rarely talked about! Let's open up the conversation.
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Amelia
- Mar 13, 2020
- 7 min
Contemplating COVID-19
A few thoughts and feelings related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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