First Links — 11.19.12

Herod’s Architectural Ambitions
Steve Moyer, Humanities

About That Ashen Madonna
Samuel G. Freedman, New York Times

The Trouble with Drafting the Ultra-Orthodox
Eeta Prince-Gibson, Moment

E-Reading Isn’t Reading
Andrew Piper, Slate

Universality, Noble Accessibility, and Pop Culture
David Clayton, New Liturgical Movement

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