This is a repost from January 14, 2011. I had thought about doing a new post, but it is still relevant and came up in my conversation with our new Tombros Librarian Chuck Jones and CLA associate dean Christopher Long. I still find Sente to be most useful for me […]
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An interesting long piece from the CHE: The New Theist – The Chronicle Review – The Chronicle of Higher Education. I like what the opening reveals about Richard Dawkins and his view of the role of the press. When, during a conversation in a swank hotel lobby in Manhattan, I mentioned […]
I have known others dealing with tragedy who cope by focusing on their work, putting all their concentration into the various tasks at hand. That isn’t me. In many ways I wish it were, but as we move out of the semester and into the “research months” (as I call […]
Passing along this opportunity. Florentino García Martínez Research Master Scholarship for Hebrew Bible, early Judaism and the Dead Sea Scrolls, established by Jan Overmeer The Qumran Institute of the Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies (University of Groningen) is delighted to present the Florentino García Martínez Research Master Scholarship for excellent students. The […]
Tablet Magazine – A.B. Yehoshua Calls American Jews “Partial Jews” A collection of American students shrug him off By Tal Kra-Oz|February 19, 2013 12:31 PM| Sunday afternoon at an auditorium in Jerusalem, A.B. Yehoshua, one of Israel’s most famous novelists, walked up to the podium, smiled at the several […]
This comic was from yesterday and coincidentally, before I saw this comic, a similar discussion came up with my students. I could not find an easy WordPress plugin for polling so we will just have to use the comments, but I want to ask, what view do you have about […]
It took a while, but it is finally up! The theme for the TEDxPSU conference was “Relics to Revolutions.” I was the host and MC so my talk was both a wrap-up and, I hope, a challenge. The challenge is to not only be innovative, but to be thoughtful as […]
The IAA and Google partnership that has resulted in the the Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library received a lot of press (and blog attention) when first released a few weeks ago. Now, on the IOQS Facebook page Shani Tzoref ask for this additional help from us on the […]
Just a reminder to everyone that the deadline for MAR-SBL paper proposals is December 5th. I have a great paper title and I am working on the actual conclusion. (Almost kidding.) I will share more in the near future, but I am turning my attention to Esther. What can I say, I […]
I feel as though I have severed a deep and passionate and complicated relationship. I feel a bit hollow inside. I am supposed to be doing something, but what? Oh yeah, I am not going to SBL this year. For the first time in 17 years I will not be attending […]