Simon Magus tries to buy the Holy Spirit John W. Martens August 28, 2015 This is the twenty-fourth entry in the Bible Junkies Online Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles.

Philip the Evangelist and Simon Magus John W. Martens August 18, 2015 This is the twenty-third entry in the Bible Junkies Online Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles.

“Simon Magus” is a dark and dreamlike fable, “a tale” as its subtitle puts it, “from a vanished world.” Poetic and ambiguous, it manages to be magical in both the beautiful and ...

The Orange County Jewish Film Festival opens Sunday at UC Irvine. The event, co-sponsored by UCI and University Synagogue of Irvine, consists of five screenings through May 9. The schedule ...

Set in Poland in the late 19th Century, "Shine" actor Noah Taylor plays Simon Magus, a possessed, scarecrow-like outcast, whom most of the locals scorn and treat as the village idiot.