The website for the next IOSOT is now up! I will certianly be going for IOSOT and of course IOTS, the International Organziation for Targum Studies. Details of the IOTS program including a call for papers will appear at the NTCS/IOTS website in due course. President of the IOSOT Professor […]
On my way to work I took a few more snaps including one of the JoePa statue outside of Beaver Stadium. His glasses were stolen last week.
The arctic blast has hit Happy Valley. We had another 2″ of gentle, very fine snow fall last night and school is delayed 2 hours. The snow plow has left a nice berm at the end of my driveway I have to clear and the temperature is 14º. I am […]
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 […]
ChristianColleges.com, which lists online Bible colleges and universities, has posted their list of “Top 1oo Theology Blogs.” I am honored to be #48 and I think you will find not only old favorites in their list but some interesting blogs that might be new (they were new to me).
Pirate ‘washes ashore with cash’ The body of a Somali pirate who reportedly drowned soon after receiving a huge ransom has washed ashore with $153,000 in cash, his uncle says. The man was one of a group of pirates who seized the Saudi supertanker Sirius Star in November. They reportedly […]
Yesterday I read with mild interest Bono’s guest column in the NYTimes and even thought about blogging on it. Upon reflection I realized there was not much substance in it and the only thing I could comment about the column would be to say that it shows a mind that […]
New England Network News is reporting that Robinson will give the invocation at an (the?) opening inaugural event at the Lincoln Memorial on Sunday. Rick Warren is still giving the invocation at the inauguration itself. A Fox News station in Vermont also has the story here. Episcopal Café now has […]
Jim West’s hell is my delight. I love snow, in its proper place and time, and Saturday we got a nice 6″ of snow in Central PA. The fact that it was on the weekend was even better, it meant that I could play with the kids and they did […]