After a couple of years away from writing his own blog Brandon Wason is back with Sitz im Leben. Perhaps the first to state that he is creating a “biblioblog.” This blog is a biblioblog, which simply means that its main focus is on the academic study of the Bible. […]
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Apparently Kevin Thew Forrester, the Episcopal priest who is also an ordained Buddhist priest, will not receive enough votes to become the next bishop of Northern Michigan. (My previous post on this matter is here.) Kevin Thew Forrester’s election reportedly fails The Rev. Kevin Thew Forrester cannot receive enough votes […]
Am I the only one to notice that the news media over the last five months now refers to this “economic crisis” (it is still a crisis) as a “recession” rather than a “depression”? I believe that recission is now technically accurate but the rhetorical shift is interesting to say […]
I have recently gotten permission to post almost all of my published articles on the site. If you look at the tabs at the top of the site you will see pages dedicated to Targum Lamentations and Targum Ruth. This summer I will be adding my translation and other material […]
UPDATE: I was just appropriately corrected that I conflated Matthew’s position, Director of Congresses, with the Executive Director position, which will be held by Kent Richards until his retirement in 2010. Sorry about that…. I have made a small correction below to reflect that change. Did we know this ahead […]
I was catching up on a few comics this morning and finally read Sunday’s Doonesbury: Of course such a view of both the Old Testament and the New Testament is incredibly simplistic. (And the irony is the passage being cited in the first panel is in fact from the NT, […]
As I mentioned yesterday this weekend we took the kids to see the new Pixar film Up. (I could have sworn there was an exclamation mark after the title, Up!) I have stated often that I am a huge fan of Pixar films, but I am a fan of “childrens” […]
The last two months has been incredibly hectic and I have had little time to blog, as you all have no doubt noticed. A few highlights of the last two months that I hope to post about (and I even have a draft or two started) but may not get […]
Last year the Wall Street Journal challenged ten presidents of US colleges and universities to answer one essay question (which WSJ selected) from the president’s institution’s application. This story has discusses the process and the results and includes some very good consideration about writing such essays. The exercise showed just […]