I am writing the Lamentations volume for the small pamphlets in the Bible Briefs series that Stephen Cook is editing. These pamphlets are intended to provide a short and (hopefully) stimulating introduction to the books of the Bible that will encourage the reader to then study the biblical text for […]
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You know its mean, wrong, and downright sinful to laugh at other people’s misfortune. (But it is Robert Cargill’s fault. Thanks Bob!) httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyU5CEHGcO4
Because of my administrative schedule I do not teach often, usually once a year and for various other reasons this is the first time I have taught Intro to Hebrew Bible in four years. In the past I have used Barry Bandstra’s Reading the Old Testament: Introduction to the Hebrew […]
NPR ran a piece this morning about an Iraqi woman, a single mother, who came to the US last year and is making a new life for herself. In listening to the piece I was struck by the similarities in the story as told by NPR and the biblical story […]
“…the book of Ruth, an idle, bungling story, foolishly told, nobody knows by whom about a strolling country girl creeping slily to bed to her cousin Boaz. Pretty stuff indeed to be called the word of God! It is, however, one of the best books in the Bible, for it […]
Douglas Mangum of Biblia Hebraica has a nice listing of Bibliobloggers presenting at SBL. It is quite a list! We were working a Biblioblogger get together but so far we have not had much luck. I will keep you posted! In the meantime, do check out the growing list of […]
[As I have said in the past, the text of my sermons are not really meant to be read since they are more like a detailed outline than proper prose.] Year A Proper 27 RCL Amos 5:18-24 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 Matthew 25:1-13 The Day of the Lord Thus says the […]
From our colleague Jeremy Schipper: Dear Colleague, We’ve had some promising submissions for the 2009 Mid- Atlantic SBL meeting thus far and I would like to encourage you to keep them coming. As a reminder, please find attached our 2009 call for papers with submission guidelines. Please note the Dec […]
George F. Will has an excellent and fair summary of where the Episcopal church finds itself. You can find the article in the Washington Post: A Faith’s Dwindling Following. The summary is fairly straightforward: As the church’s doctrines have become more elastic, the church has contracted. It celebrates an “inclusiveness” that […]
I don’t often post my sermons here largely because while I write my sermons out they are not really meant to be read and are more like an detailed outline. This one is a little more complete but I particularly wanted to post it because I am interested in any […]