Today in weird internet news, Twitter user @nuns_on_film shared a video featuring what seems to be a Pentecostal preacher speaking in tongues while checking his phone. Making the scene even more ...
If Mel Gibson thinks he’s had the last word on movies in dead languages with his Latin- and Aramaic-lingo “The Passion of Christ,” he’s wrong. In France, author and filmmaker Philippe Carrese has ...
(Philadelphia, PA) - Glossolalia, otherwise referred to as "speaking in tongues," has been around for thousands of years, and references to it can be found in the Old and New Testament. Speaking in ...
A Capital Region native who graduated from Shaker High School and UAlbany now is closing in on 4 million followers across his social media platforms. His schtick? He videochats with people across the ...
The early Christians were much impressed by the phenomenon known as glossolalia (literally, “speaking with tongues”), which appeared at the first Pentecost: “And they were all filled with the Holy ...
I grew up with two languages, with my mind shifting back and forth. We spoke English at home because my parents wanted my sister and me to be proficient in the dominant idiom of this new country.
Linguists are divided in their ideas about the origin of language. Reminiscing about the beginnings of her career, the distinguished psychologist Eleanor Rosch once wrote: “I wanted my new field to be ...
Lone Scherfig’s “Italian for Beginners” and Jan Sverak’s “Dark Blue World” have been chosen to represent Denmark and the Czech Republic, respectively, as contenders for this year’s Oscar for best ...