First Links—1.3.15

The Two “States” of King Jesus: Exaltation and Humiliation
Jeremy Bouma, Zondervan Academic

Augustus and the Birth of the West
Michael Auslin, The New Criterion

The Flight
Stefan Hertmans, Modern Poetry in Translation

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