NB: Rick’s comment made me realize that I did not clarify at the outset that I was not commenting directly on the merits of Howell’s hiring or firing. I was commenting on the practice of allowing an organization or donor outside of the university dictate the hiring or firing policies. […]
In just a few weeks I will be in Finland for the triennial conference of the International Organization for Targumic Studies. The program has already been published and I will be presenting a paper, The Figure of Boaz in Targum Ruth. So while procrastinating working on the paper I thought […]
This morning, as usual, our priest gave a very good sermon. The Gospel was Luke 10:38-42 (of course preaching on the Gospel is a bit of a copout, the OT texts were particularly good and challenging 😉 Amos 8 and Psalm 52) and he preached the expected trope that Mary […]
I am late to the party here but I thought I would try and experiment. Do I always write like the same person? First I put in the opening paragraphs from my paper on Boaz from MAR-SBL. The result? I write like Kurt Vonnegut. Next I pasted in a portion from […]
I just saw this on a clergy list and it may be old news for some. I love sports and particularly both all kinds of football myself, but I think this is really taking things too far. What do you all think? Too much? AKMA has already commented (and likely others) […]
I suppose one’s symbolism is as good as another’s but still, this strikes me as a bit silly. (It is better than what I thought when I read the headline, however, which was that they were standing outside of services and “drying” people off as they left the church.) U.S. […]
I just want to give a quick shout-out to the folks at Blubrry. I have been trying to use their free podcasting plugin and had various errors. I posted a note for help via their site assuming I would hear nothing. None other than Mr. Michael Dell (presumably not that […]
Yesterday we went on a photo walk at the Penn State Arboretum. Most of the shots were by my daughter for her 4-H project and so haven’t been uploaded, but I put a few up on flickr. I am curious, does anyone recognize these flowers?
Last week’s Review of Biblical Literature included an extremely positive review of Emdée Kingsmill’s The Song of Songs and the Eros of God: A Study in Biblical Intertextuality (Oxford Theological Monographs) [Amazon link]. The Song of Songs and the Eros of God: A Study in Biblical IntertextualityKingsmill, Edmée. Oxford: Oxford University […]
