Christian Brady

And on behalf of the rest of Louisiana I would like to say “we don’t know him no how.”

Mark Goodacre published this on his blog. If I am not much mistaken this collection of essays is from papers delivered at a conference/colloquium hosted by our neighbor New Orleans Baptist Seminary http://nobts.edu/. They have brought a number of excellent biblical scholars and theologians to our region for lectures and […]

Uh, no. I would say it is not.

Supporters of Women’s College at Tulane U. Rally Against Plans to Merge It Out of Existence By KATHERINE S. MANGAN About 150 women ranging in age from 18 to 84 chanted, sang, and pleaded with Tulane University administrators on Friday not to dismantle their alma mater, Newcomb College, an undergraduate […]

Jim Jim already blogged this but it is too good not to point to it from here as well. “Boys find Second Temple burial cave near Beit Shemesh”

I’m a Lamborghini Murcielago! Does this sound like me? You’re not subtle, but you don’t want to be. Fast, loud, and dramatic, you want people to notice you, and then get out of the way. In a world full of sheep, you’re a raging bull. Take the Which Sports Car […]

Oh my! Much to my surprise Garrison Keillor offers a NYT review of Lévy’s survey of American life that is completely scathing. Makes me want to quaff a beer, scratch myself, swap my partner, and laugh huh huh huh huh like Beavis and Butthead. In more than 300 pages, nobody […]

I was teaching Gen. 3 today and made a point of the fact that the text says “she also gave some to her husband, who was with her” וַתִּתֵּ֧ן גַּם־לְאִישָׁ֛הּ עִמָּ֖הּ I suggested that one could read the text as implying that Adam was there next to Eve during the […]

I just stumbled across this great resource. This will be a great boon to my non-Jewish students who have never heard Hebrew before they attempt to read the Bible.