I added the (Humor) tag for those annoyed by inciteful [sic] headlines. From the Wittenburg Door: EPA Report Faults Hebrew Nation, Inc. EPA Report Faults Hebrew Nation, Inc. By Robert Darden Illustration by Dan Foote January/February 2007 To: Most Glorious Sun God, Unspeakable Ra, His Imponderable, Unfathomable Majesty, Pharaoh Tutankhamen […]
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Or not… I am working on a book proposal for an Anglican publisher that will offer a study of the Megillot, or “Five Scrolls.” This canonical division is, as most of you know, Jewish not Christian, but there are good reason, IMHO, for dealing with them together. So in writing […]
I am humbled to have been invited to speak at PSU’s MLK Day Peace Service. MLK’s motif of the Jericho Road had been brought to my attention by Bishop Charles Jenkins of EDOLA and I will speak from Luke 10 and MLK’s interpretation of that passage. In reading I came […]
As others have noted, Tyler Williams has done an excellent job with the latest BSC, Vol. 13. Biblical Studies Carnival XIII Biblical Studies Carnival XIII Welcome to the thirteenth Biblical Studies Carnival! This edition marks one full year of Biblical Studies Carnivals (BSC) since they were resurrected in February 2006. […]
Thank you Tyler for bringing this to light! This is abfab! Fighting Shevas OK, this is too funny. This Chris fellow made an animation illustrating a sheva fight (In Biblical Hebrew, when two shevas are found at the beginning of a word, the first sheva becomes a hireq). I will […]
From Arutz Sheva – Israel National News The world’s largest electronic collection of Torah literature is now available online – in Hebrew. The Bar Ilan University Responsa Project, launched in 1991 in its CD format, was recently uploaded to the Internet on a platform provided by C.D.I. Systems. (See http://www.responsa.co.il) […]
I am working on a revision of a paper (presented long ago) and the discussion of Saddam Hussein’s execution at this blog was brought to mind by this quote from Mekhilta DeRabbi Ishmael (Shirta 1). This is a midrash listing ten songs found throughout the Bible (based upon Ex. 15.1, […]
No, not I but someone far better at this sort of thing, Christopher Heard of Higgaion. See The God Delusion, chapter 2, sections 1-3 I will follow Stephen Cook (whose post led me to this review) and point out this prescient quote. I am ready to assume that Dawkins has […]
It is with great sadness that I pass along the news of the death of a colleague from PSU. The email I received says, With great sorrow I report that Bill Petersen passed away last evening, December 20, in Pittsburgh. His partner, Mark Biedrzycki, has announced that plans for a […]
The call for papers for SBL and SBL International is now available. The Aramaic Studies session will have two open sessions, one focusing upon Aramaic from the Dead Sea Scrolls 2007 SBL Annual Meeting Call for Papers The 2007 Annual Meeting Call for Papers is available on the SBL website, […]