I have made some tweaks and updates to my translation of Targum Ruth and I wanted to update it on the site. Before I did that I wanted to delete all the footnotes. You see, I use notes in my translation as my the basis of my commentary so they […]
Monthly Archives: June 2012
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I am in the final stages of preparing my paper on the transformation of the character of Ruth in her Targum and I thought I would share one nugget here with a comment about determining primacy of exegetical traditions. The first reference to Ruth in the Targum, as in the […]
Not at the same time, usually. As with most summers, this is my time to try and get some writing done. I continue, slowly but surely, to make progress on my book on TgRuth. Next month I will be presenting a paper on the character of Ruth in the Targum […]
It has been a good 2.5 days in Freiburg. Now I am in Frankfurt Flughaf after an easy 2 hour train ride. Just 12 more hours of travel to go and then I am home. See full gallery on PhotoBlog.
The Program Book for the International SBL meeting has been posted. I am in the Judaica section. No, we are not discussing mezuzot and menorot. This section is dealing with ancient Jewish interpretation of Mikra. It looks like I will have to get up early and be on time! Judaica […]
I am very fortunate to be able to travel for Penn State this summer. I was recently named as chair of Freiburg “Faculty Implementation Committee Team,” or “FIT.” Last spring a memorandum of understanding (MOU) was signed between PSU and the University of Freiburg. This is a university-wide agreement and […]
I simply used my Nikon D7000 with 55-200mm lens at 200mm with an ND filter. [mfn]Not the best photo, I am sure, but I got home late and, to be honest, did not investigate the best methods for shooting the sun. [/mfn]
I am wrapping up my article on the character of Boaz. In it I critique the reading of Boaz presented by Fewell and Gunn [mfn]Fewell, Danna Nolan, and David M Gunn. “Boaz, Pillar of Society: Measures of Worth in the Book of Ruth.” Journal for the Study of the Old […]