http://www.metafilter.com/tags/National_geographic Posts tagged with 'National_geographic' at MetaFilter. Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:57:20 -0800 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:57:20 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/74161/National%2DGeographic%2DMap%2Dof%2Dthe%2DDay <a href="http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/map/map-day/index">National Geographic Map of the Day.</a> Previously featuring maps that run the gamut from <a title="Route 66" href="http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/map/map-day/2008/06/27">automotive</a> <a title="James Cook's voyage of discovery" href="http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/map/map-day/2008/02/13">discovery</a> and <a title="British expedition to South Pole" href="http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/map/map-day/2008/08/12">exploration</a>; through <a title="Route of the Pequod" href="http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/map/map-day/2008/08/01">literary</a>, <a title="Salem" href="http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/map/map-day/2008/02/28">witchhunts</a> and <a title="Oz" href="http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/map/map-day/2008/08/12">imaginary</a>; to <a title="Battle of Gettysburg" href="http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/map/map-day/2008/07/01">historical</a> and <a title="Route of Olympic Torch in China" href="http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/map/map-day/2008/03/21">Olympic</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.74161 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:57:20 -0800 automobile daily history map maps National_geographic Mitheral http://www.metafilter.com/72925/Religion%2Dscholars%2Dof%2DJudas%2Dfeel%2Din%2Da%2Dword%2Dbetrayed <a href="http://chronicle.com/free/v54/i38/38b00601.htm">Did a 'dream team' of biblical scholars mislead millions?</a> <small><small>[Chronicle of Higher Education]</small></small> You may recall the curfuffle over the gnostic "Gospel of Judas" <small>(<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/50698/On-the-Gnostic-Gospel-of-Judas">previously</a>)</small>. The National Geographic's documentary premiere "attracted four million viewers, making it the second-highest-rated program in the channel's history, behind only a documentary on September 11. . . . However, it's a perfect example, critics argue, of what can happen when commercial considerations are allowed to ride roughshod over careful research. What's more, the controversy has strained friendships in this small community of religion scholars — causing some on both sides of the argument to feel, in a word, betrayed."</small></small> tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.72925 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:48:39 -0800 Apocrypha Bible curfuffle gnostic gospel history Judas National_Geographic scholarship spock