This is good information for Mac users. Apparently Leap-A is not (yet) too great a threat. Cutting to the chase: How would this thing get on my machine? The only way you can get the Leap-A malware on your machine is if you take some action to put it there […]

Jim Davila directs us to a review of Simi Peters’s Learning to Read Midrash, but he didn’t mention that it begins with a great line: The Biblical text is sparse. Read literally, straight through, you’d get the impression that P.G. Wodehouse wouldn’t do well among the nomads

I think there was a British sitcom based upon this premise.

“This is the Weblog of Steven Harris and it is dedicated to exploring issues related to Theology and Biblical Studies.” But it also has some funky drawings he did of NT Wright. Thanks to Evan for the link.

So true.

This is great news! I have access to most of this via Tulane’s library, but it is great news for all SBL members (this alone is worth the membership). Just in time to celebrate JBL’s 125th birthday, the SBL is pleased to offer all members free access to the full […]

Markus McDowell’s blog has now come to our attention thanks to Mark Goodacre. Dr. McDowell covers Second Temple Judaism, Philo, and early Christianity. His book looks intriguing, at least judging by the title. Prayers of Jewish Women: Studies on Patterns of Prayer in the Second Temple Period. Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum […]

I must admit that I regularly find myself “defending” megachurches, not that I argue for their correctness, but just that so many of my colleagues (and the media) seem to be misinformed about them. This study offers a corrective. I wonder how much coverage it will receive? Among the megachurch […]

My colleague Susann Lusnia’s course on Pompeii has made the Tulane news. Pompeii. Herculaneum. New Orleans. Natural disasters that destroy part or all of a city are nothing new, says classical studies assistant professor Susann Lusnia. The spring course she teaches at Tulane about Pompeii, before and after the eruption […]

Time waster: Fear of Girls is a video about gamers. Too funny. Be sure to watch the bit with Doug Doug’s brother and sister-in-law.