I travel a decent amount in this job so I spend a fair amount of time in hotels. When I was in college and graduate school I worked in hotels. (I was the weekend manager for a small hotel in Oxford for just over 3 years.) I have opinions about […]
I am just reading through an article by my friend Tod Linafelt (“Narrative and Poetic Art in the Book of Ruth,” Interpretation 64:2, 117-129 [2010]). It is a broad and useful reading of Ruth. You may recall from my earlier post I quoted Campbell who said, It is inherent in […]
What a great set of posts and resources! Thanks for sharing this, it is very useful and I wish I had some guidance like this 20 years ago when I started reading manuscripts. So You Want to Read Handwritten Hebrew Manuscripts, part II. This post is a continuation of two […]
My former Penn State colleague (and still fellow parishioner) Philip Jenkins writes today about his hometown and the amazing passion play that took place there this past year. I certainly heard about it on the news this year and perhaps you did too. Philip writes about the town: I am […]
St. Thomas Episcopal, 1 W. 53rd St. NYC Originally uploaded by Targuman In looking at my flickr account I noticed that this picture from 2007 was receiving a lot of hits. It was my second trip to DC since moving to Penn State. Via Flickr:(Best viewed at a larger size.) […]
In response to my earlier post on Campbell‘s comments about characters in the Bible, John asked for a little guidance. “I have just started teaching Ruth on Wednesday nights. If you will, give me a little insight that would improve my job as teacher. We are going through the OT/HB […]