Jim West shares with us the news of the passing of a great scholar and gentleman. “Well done, good and faithful servant” is the phrase that comes to mind. May light perpetual shine upon him. The Sad News Of James Barr’s Death No one even remotely familiar with Biblical Studies […]
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For those of you in my class who read this blog (all two of you ;-), Tyler Williams reports Another New LXX Book: The Legend of the Septuagint There is a new book on the Septuagint that focuses on the legends surrounding its origins (the Letter of Aristeas), as well […]
UPDATE: BetUS.com is giving 10-1 odds that the world will end. (Thanks to Mike and Mike in the Morning for the tip, although they said the odds were 10,000-1.) I do not recommend betting, but I suppose if you go for this one…. How would you collect? I agree so […]
This evening I was at an event where the Episcopal Bishop of Rhode Island, the Right Reverend Wolf spoke. She recalled her time spent living in homeless shelters as a homeless person (this was during her sabbatical and she readily admits that the fact that she always had a home […]
If you click on my profile you will see that I live in (near) New Orleans and that I teach at Tulane University. Needless to say we have been through a lot this year. Whenever catastrophes of this magnitude occur someone always seems eager to step forward and say that […]