Well after a delayed flight I arrived in the capital of Slovenia, safe and sound. The room is very nice at Hotel Lev and I am settling in to finish my paper (with my socks and “things” hanging to dry in the bathroom; they wanted €2,80 to wash a pair […]
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It has been a productive week! Not only have I nearly completed my paper for the conference, but I have met with several college and university officials about a Junior Year Abroad program for our Scholars. The good news is that on this side of the Atlantic they are more […]
Tomorrow morning I head off with the fam to the UK and then on to the IOTS/IOSOT conference in Slovenia. Needless to say, given the news lately, we are somewhat nervous. Please keep us in your prayers. Blogging will of necessity be a bit more sporadic over the next few […]
The very well done Biblical Studies Carnival XIX is now up! Welcome, one and all, Step Right Up to Biblical Studies Blog Carnival 19. Thank you for the honor of hosting this month’s carnival here at Biblische Ausbildung. There are plenty of attractions here, so let’s hurry in… Be sure […]
Unlikely. Does anyone else find it oddly coincidental that in the US today is Father’s Day and the OT reading in the Book of Common Prayer lectionary is 2 Samuel 11:26-12:10,13-15? Happy Father’s Day dads. At least David didn’t set the bar too high for us! 🙂
This is truly sad news. Stephen Cook is reporting that Prof. Michael O’Connor, perhaps best known for co-authoring the magnificent work Introduction to Biblical Hebrew Syntax with Bruce Waltke, has died of cancer. He was a great scholar and will be sorely missed. Let light perpetual shine upon him. Biblische […]
Via Amber Mac. Jakob Nielson would be proud of this sign I snapped this photo on my Blackberry while driving by an Anglican church on Woodbine Ave. in Toronto, Ontario.Old-school usability guru Jakob Nielson would be lovin’ the user-friendly church-goin’ message!
For now I am just going to post Jim’s list of verses and comments. I have been wrestling with all of this since I started working on Lamentations back in 1994. In my view Lam deals with theodicy not by offering a discourse or analysis of the problem and possible […]
Here is the abstract for my IOTS paper: The Use of “Eschatological Lists” within the Targumim to the Megillot. Several of the targumim to the Megillot contain lists (songs, famines, kings, etc.) that culminate in the future or messianic era. For example, TgSS opens with the list of Ten Songs […]