Why evangelical Christians influence US foreign policy in the Middle East | Al Jazeera ▶️

Prophetic religion becomes apocalyptic when prophecy fails, and apocalyptic religion becomes Gnosticism when apocalypse fails, as fortunately it always has and, as we must hope, will fail again. Harold Bloom, Omens of Millenium (1996) Episode 1 of "Praying for Armageddon" goes inside the evangelical Christian movement to explore its influence on U.S. democracy and foreign…

“Ruin the sacred truths: poetry and belief from the Bible to the present” – Harold BLOOM

SOMEWHERE about the year 100 B.C.E., a Pharisee composed what tradition has called the Book of Jubilees, an exuberant title for quite a bad piece ofwriting. This garrulous work is also known as the Little Genesis, an odd naming since it is much longer than Genesis and covers Exodus as well. I don't enjoy reading…