I had not posted this earlier because we had a few kinks to sort out, but the, not one but TWO, Aramaic Studies Sessions for SBL 2011 are now scheduled! S21-203 Aramaic Studies 1:00 PM to 3:30 PM 11/21/2011 Room TBD Christian Brady, Pennsylvania State University, Presiding Aaron Koller, Yeshiva […]
Yearly Archives: 2011
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Tonight a new update was pushed out to Sente, the bibliographic software that I have blogged about before. I was tickled and pleased to see the following notes in the update: Fixed the plural version of the Editors/Translators prefixes for book chapters in the SBL format. Added Fuller Theological Seminary […]
Taken at Pattee/Paterno Library After the US Women’s World Cup loss, what better catharsis than to descend into the stacks of the library with my daughter? I needed to pick up some more Ruth references and she is researching Romans and Greeks (and their conflicts, marriage, and death traditions). Feel […]
I am very pleased to announce a new book by friend and colleague Jeremy Schipper. Disability and Isaiah’s Suffering Servant is coming being published by OUP and is even reasonably priced! (Just $27.95.) I am sure I will be picking up a copy at SBL. Description Although disability imagery is […]
She has clearly show herself to be one of the best coaches, with gutsy and yet brilliant substitutions and lineups. If you haven’t followed them yet, watch our US Women’s National Team take home the World Cup on Sunday!
This is not about Oprah. CHE has a very interesting little piece about presentations given at TED conferences. He contrasts two speakers, one who “got the whole nerdy hipster thing going” and another who wore a blazer (but cut brains into thin slices like deli meats. I was the MC […]
I just realized, I am living a cliché. I am that guy, you know, the guy in the movie or TV show (right now Suits is using this exact theme) whose life is going well. He has finally gotten his act together, a good paying job, a great family, and then […]
In case you are on Google+ and interested in circling the wagons with me, I now have this nifty short URL: http://gplus.to/targuman I can’t say that I am heading over their full time just yet, but it is very interesting, clean, and perhaps even useful. NB: Adam has pointed out to me […]
As I am working on my new book on Targum Ruth I am also editing my doctoral thesis to get it into eBook form (well, truth be told, an undergrad is doing the editing). One matter that I laid out in the thesis and my book that I think is […]