Peter Nimmo<p>It's 53 years since a group of academics- the great and the good of UK <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/biblical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biblical</span></a> studies and ancient languages- wrote a letter to The Times denouncing a recent book by one of their colleagues. JM Allegro claimed that <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Christianity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Christianity</span></a> began as a <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/psychedelic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>psychedelic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/mushroom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mushroom</span></a> cult. A hilarious story that should be known about by anyone who's ever done <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/theology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theology</span></a> or ancient <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a>.<br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Bible" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bible</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a><br><a href="https://mulberryhall.medium.com/odd-this-day-1bef0ac978a8" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mulberryhall.medium.com/odd-th</span><span class="invisible">is-day-1bef0ac978a8</span></a></p>