New Café Press Designs: Greek Uncials, Odysseus, Belshazzar, Halo 3, Latin Sayings, Erasmus and more...
10/11/2007 17:03 Filed in: Personal
I've added a few new designs to the This Lamp Café Press Store in addition to the "A. T. Robertson Is My Homeboy" and This Lamp logo offerings. I'm having fun creating these as certain ideas come to my mind. These are the kind of shirts I've always wanted to find myself, but no one made them. Well, now I make them--or at least Café Press makes them for me. And hopefully, you'll like some of them, too.
And by the way, I've set up more than just shirts. Most of the designs are available with mugs, totebags, bumper stickers, journals, and more.
Servant of Christ Jesus (Greek Uncial)
In Romans 1:1 and Philippians 1:1, the Apostle Paul refers to himself as a doulos Christou Iesou, which is translated "servant [or bondslave] of Christ Jesus."
The design in this section uses an uncial Greek font which is indicative of the time when the New Testament documents were actually written. Shorthand versions of holy names, called "Nomina Sacra" were employed in these manuscripts with lines on top of a two letter abbreviation. What looks like XY and IY is actually the genitive form of the Nominative Sacra of Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ or "Christ Jesus."
Servant of Christ Jesus (Greek Standard)
The concept of this shirt is the same as the one above, but the design for this shirt uses a standard Greek font and the accepted presentation found in critical editions of the Greek New Testament.
Odysseus Is My Homer-Boy
This is another take off on the "[Insert Historical Figure Here] Is My Homeboy" designs. If you don't get the pun, you need to take remedial high school English.
The Doom of Belshazzar
Daniel 5 tells the story of Belshazzar, ruler of Babylon, who in a bout of drunkenness insulted the God of Israel.
This shirt has two sides. The first side contains the Hebrew words that God wrote on the palace wall: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.
The back side of the shirt contains the interpretation of God's words given to Belshazzar by the prophet Daniel:
MENE--
God has numbered the days of your kingdom and brought it to an end.
TEKEL--
You have been weighed in the balance and found wanting.
UPHARSIN--
Your kingdom has been divided and given to the Medes and Persians.
The words on the front side of the shirt are in Hebrew, and the back side of the shirt includes Daniel's interpretation from Dan 5:26-28 in a handwritten-style (of course!) font. The wording on the back is adapted from the Revised English Bible.
Unfortunately, this shirt's a bit pricier because it has designs on both front and back. Nevertheless, where else would you possibly find a shirt as cool as this?
John 117 Lives
"John 117 Lives" is a takeoff on the "Frodo Lives" bumper stickers, buttons and shirts of the late 1960's. My apologies if I just spoiled the ending of the story for anyone.
Mors Certa, Vita Incerta
I first read the Latin phrase MORS CERTA, VITA INCERTA not on some ancient Roman inscription, but rather in Philip K. Dick's book Do Android's Dream of Electric Sheep (the basis for the movie Blade Runner).
The phrase means "death is certain; life is uncertain." I've always been struck by how this statement is so brief, yet so profound. It's what separates us from the animals: we know we are mortal and are heading toward an end. In reality, this is the only thing that is constant in life. Everything else may be predicted, but never guaranteed.
I've often suggested that MORS CERTA, VITA INCERTA would make a great epitaph on my tombstone one day--a reminder to those who remain to live life to the fullest, but never to take anything for granted.
Erasmus on Buying Books
Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam (October 27, 1466 - July 12, 1536) was a theologian responsible for the first published critical editions of the Greek New Testament, the ones used by both Martin Luther and William Tyndale in their translations.
Further, there's a great quote attributed to Erasmus in which he purportedly said, "When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes."
Some of the items have the quotation to the right of the image of Erasmus, while the items further down are Erasmus alone.
I hope that you'll find these little designs amusing or intriguing enough to pick up for yourself.
You can visit the This Lamp Café Press store at http://www.cafepress.com/thislamp
And Kathy has gotten in on the act by starting a Café Press store related to our upcoming adoption. Be sure to check out http://www.cafepress.com/kolloquy
And by the way, I've set up more than just shirts. Most of the designs are available with mugs, totebags, bumper stickers, journals, and more.
In Romans 1:1 and Philippians 1:1, the Apostle Paul refers to himself as a doulos Christou Iesou, which is translated "servant [or bondslave] of Christ Jesus."
The design in this section uses an uncial Greek font which is indicative of the time when the New Testament documents were actually written. Shorthand versions of holy names, called "Nomina Sacra" were employed in these manuscripts with lines on top of a two letter abbreviation. What looks like XY and IY is actually the genitive form of the Nominative Sacra of Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ or "Christ Jesus."
The concept of this shirt is the same as the one above, but the design for this shirt uses a standard Greek font and the accepted presentation found in critical editions of the Greek New Testament.
This is another take off on the "[Insert Historical Figure Here] Is My Homeboy" designs. If you don't get the pun, you need to take remedial high school English.
Daniel 5 tells the story of Belshazzar, ruler of Babylon, who in a bout of drunkenness insulted the God of Israel.
This shirt has two sides. The first side contains the Hebrew words that God wrote on the palace wall: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.
The back side of the shirt contains the interpretation of God's words given to Belshazzar by the prophet Daniel:
MENE--
God has numbered the days of your kingdom and brought it to an end.
TEKEL--
You have been weighed in the balance and found wanting.
UPHARSIN--
Your kingdom has been divided and given to the Medes and Persians.
The words on the front side of the shirt are in Hebrew, and the back side of the shirt includes Daniel's interpretation from Dan 5:26-28 in a handwritten-style (of course!) font. The wording on the back is adapted from the Revised English Bible.
Unfortunately, this shirt's a bit pricier because it has designs on both front and back. Nevertheless, where else would you possibly find a shirt as cool as this?
"John 117 Lives" is a takeoff on the "Frodo Lives" bumper stickers, buttons and shirts of the late 1960's. My apologies if I just spoiled the ending of the story for anyone.
I first read the Latin phrase MORS CERTA, VITA INCERTA not on some ancient Roman inscription, but rather in Philip K. Dick's book Do Android's Dream of Electric Sheep (the basis for the movie Blade Runner).
The phrase means "death is certain; life is uncertain." I've always been struck by how this statement is so brief, yet so profound. It's what separates us from the animals: we know we are mortal and are heading toward an end. In reality, this is the only thing that is constant in life. Everything else may be predicted, but never guaranteed.
I've often suggested that MORS CERTA, VITA INCERTA would make a great epitaph on my tombstone one day--a reminder to those who remain to live life to the fullest, but never to take anything for granted.
Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam (October 27, 1466 - July 12, 1536) was a theologian responsible for the first published critical editions of the Greek New Testament, the ones used by both Martin Luther and William Tyndale in their translations.
Further, there's a great quote attributed to Erasmus in which he purportedly said, "When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes."
Some of the items have the quotation to the right of the image of Erasmus, while the items further down are Erasmus alone.
I hope that you'll find these little designs amusing or intriguing enough to pick up for yourself.
And Kathy has gotten in on the act by starting a Café Press store related to our upcoming adoption. Be sure to check out http://www.cafepress.com/kolloquy