Yesterday I had the great honor to join my colleague in attending the graduation of the son of a friend. My colleague had himself graduated from Parris Island boot camp 22 years ago. It was a wonderful event and amazing to see these young men transformed. (One young Marine told […]
Monthly Archives: January 2009
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This evening we are in Hilton Head Island and had a wonderful dinner at Hudson’s On the Docks. As we arrived the sun was setting and was gorgeous. Unfortunately I only had my BlackBerry for the photos, but that will give you a sense of how beautiful it was that […]
(This likley will not apply to most folks, but I have been ripping, converting, and moving song files back and forth for several years now. The amount of “legacy errors” that I have carried forward required some clean up.) I just realized this morning, while playing with Smart Playlists in […]
After a very long day of travel yesterday (landed well after midnight) I am in South Carolina for the next couple of days. I should have some time in the hotel to write which means I will likely procrastinate by blogging.
The Review of Biblical Literature has Jan-Wim Wessellius’ review of Philip S. Alexander’s The Targum of Lamentations: Translated, with a Critical Introduction, Apparatus, and Notes. Review by Jan-Wim Wesselius Read the Review Published 1/24/2009 Citation: Jan-Wim Wesselius, review of Philip S. Alexander, The Targum of Lamentations: Translated, with a Critical […]
Ah the quientiscential C of E matron. And this additional note from a friend from Louisiana. Well, I concur with Mrs. Bemish, but the funniest thing of all is that the Vicar “Ken” is really my classmate Kevin Brown. Apparently someone found his picture on his church’s website and thought […]
For those reading who are not from the US “Skoal” is a brand of chewing tobacco (snuff, not long cut).
I am writing the Lamentations volume for the small pamphlets in the Bible Briefs series that Stephen Cook is editing. These pamphlets are intended to provide a short and (hopefully) stimulating introduction to the books of the Bible that will encourage the reader to then study the biblical text for […]
I cannot find a whole lot of criticism with the argument presented by Thomas Benton (real name: William Pannapacker of Hope College). It certainly is a very tough job market out there for doctorates in the humanities and I regularly have very frank conversations with my students about whether or […]