Or portions of it, I guess. It is hard to tell, but Jim West pointed this out on the XTalk list. (Actually, he has already blogged on it here and I missed it. Update your Dr. Jim West feeds everyone!)
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I was going to try and provide links to the SBL Sections dealing with the above topic. Unfortunately the search function does not provide a usable link. For your convenience, I am providing the sessions and the paper topics below. I am in the session withe theme “Transforming the Curriculum” […]
Kevin has a great post at Blue Cord The college where I work is the only liberal arts college in Eastern Europe. As such, we have to work hard to explain ourselves to potential students and the ministry of education. Both are used to either professional schools (which is what […]
From Paul Flesher, our IOTS President: The Fifth Congress of the International Organization for Targumic Studies (IOTS) is scheduled for Thursday and Friday, 12-13 July 2007, in Ljubljana, Slovenia. It will be held in conjunction with the XIXth Congress of the International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament […]
This could be interesting. The article is subscription only but the gist is easy enough to get from below. “Citizendium” Can scholars build a better version of Wikipedia? Larry Sanger, a co-founder who has since become a critic of the open-source encyclopedia, intends to find out. This week Mr. Sanger […]
Jim West shares with us the news of the passing of a great scholar and gentleman. “Well done, good and faithful servant” is the phrase that comes to mind. May light perpetual shine upon him. The Sad News Of James Barr’s Death No one even remotely familiar with Biblical Studies […]
Job 28 12 “But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding? 13 Man does not know the way to it, and it is not found in the land of the living. 14 The deep says, ‘It is not in me,’ and the sea says, ‘It […]
There is a new session at this year’s SBL: “Teaching Biblical Literature in an Undergraduate Liberal Arts Context” (S18-77, 11/18/200, 1:00 PM to 3:30 PM, Room: 154A – CC). My paper has the above title and the following abstract. “God is Not in this Classroom” or Reading the Bible in […]
The preliminary sessions for SBL are posted. I cannot seem to link directly to any one section but you can search here. If you are interest in all things Aramaic then by all means search under that term since other sessions, like Qumran, will also address issues Aramaic. Aramaic Studies […]
Jim Davila has already blogged here on these Aramaic resources gathered (and first blogged) by Danny Zacharias at Deinde. Danny’s site is a GREAT resource. Be sure to stop by! I would be remiss if I did not also direct you to the Newsletter for Targum and Cognate Studies that […]