The Program Book for the International SBL meeting has been posted. I am in the Judaica section. No, we are not discussing mezuzot and menorot. This section is dealing with ancient Jewish interpretation of Mikra. It looks like I will have to get up early and be on time! Judaica […]
I am very fortunate to be able to travel for Penn State this summer. I was recently named as chair of Freiburg “Faculty Implementation Committee Team,” or “FIT.” Last spring a memorandum of understanding (MOU) was signed between PSU and the University of Freiburg. This is a university-wide agreement and […]
I am wrapping up my article on the character of Boaz. In it I critique the reading of Boaz presented by Fewell and Gunn saying, they have created “a kind of ‘fan fiction,’ rooted more in our own interests and imagination than that of the original author.” That got me […]
Would that be a “Phlog”? I don’t know, but now I have a place just for my photos: Targuman’s PhotoBlog. Take a look and leave some comments!
Some of my favorites, a set on Flickr. I am going to make a LARGE (roughly 4’x3′) print to hang in my office. Or, alternatively, print 3 or 4 BIG (11×14 or larger) images to fill the same space. The challenge: Which picture(s)? Please feel free to take a look […]
But my 8 year old is up to the challenge. They played a great set of four games a tournament this weekend. My son is GK and in this sequence the other player had a fast break. My boy came forward and stuffed the play and was back up to […]
“I suppose there are two views about everything,” said Mark. “Eh? Two views? There are a dozen views about everything until you know the answer. Then there’s never more than one.” [Hingest] That Hideous Strength by CS Lewis
Tonight we had a great dinner on the 11th floor of the newly renovated Ohio State University library. As you enter you walk over a very cool metal “sculpture” of the English alphabet mounted in the floor. While waiting for the elevator I noticed that they had the paleo-Hebrew alphabet! […]