I have to share one more from Dr. King, it is just too good, and is from the same sermon, “The Three Dimensions of a Complete Life.” The last sentence is the gem. 🙂 And you know, there are two kinds of atheism. Atheism is the theory that there is […]
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In an interesting piece reflecting upon President’s Ford’s status as an adopted child (and Bill Clinton’s as well) commentator Jay Homnick shows his knowledge of rabbinica. In President Ford’s case there is an added poignancy in the notion that he was essentially an adopted President. The citizenry had not voted […]
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, […]
Jim West shared this quote for the New Year and it seems too good and appropriate not to share it as well. {Cross posted with engage.shc.psu.edu.} The difference between a moral man and a man of honor is that the latter regrets a discreditable act, even when it has worked […]
I also want to note that Alex Golub’s article brings up one point that I have made often and yet do not see discussed in theological terms very much (if at all). The original grounding event of the Last Supper thus becomes the source of a metaphorical identification. This is […]
I am fortunate that although I have less time for research due to my administrative duties I do have a research budget. Thus…books! (The average 45% SBL conference discount helped.) A quick list: Conversations with Scripture: The Law, by (our own bibliobloger!) Kevin Wilson. This series of the Anglican Association […]
And Crossley replies here. West reject Crossley’s suggestion that “that New Testament studies can be furthered by non believers.” But again, interpreting theological texts (and that is what the New Testament is) requires a theological mindset, just as interpreting mathematical texts requires a mathematical mindset. In other words, biblical interpretation […]
The forum looks nice and a few of you have checked it out before any real content was/is there. The only drawback I can see is that there is no way to receive updates on the page via RSS. So the advantages of a blog are lost (you have to […]
This is from Kevin. Thanks for the heads up! What’s Wrong with the SBL? The Chronicle of Higher Education has a provocative piece by Jacques Berlinerblau entitled “What’s Wrong with the Society of Biblical Literature?” As I and many fellow bibliobloggers will be descending on Washington, DC, next week for […]
Stephen Cook posted a reply to my earlier post about David and commented that he had not heard a good homily on David in a while. I don’t know if they are good, but I offer two that I delivered several years ago. For those who do not want to […]