2 thinkers, books, and ideas connected to this field.
American historian at Columbia — author of Crabgrass Frontier (the definitive history of American suburbanization) — who has spent 60 years documenting New York City through the Encyclopedia of New York City and other projects.
American biblical scholar at Columbia who controversially claimed to have discovered the 'Secret Gospel of Mark' at Mar Saba monastery in 1958 — and whose work on Jesus the Magician and Clement of Alexandria contributed to scholarly debates about early Christian diversity.