A very interesting survey from the Social Science Research Council (“The survey was conducted and analyzed by two sociologists, Neil Gross of Harvard University and Solon Simmons of George Mason University”) reported by IHE today. Listen to many critics of higher education, and you would think that faith had been […]
I haven’t had time to read this long article but it looks very interesting for those interested in Jewish views (rabbinic and otherwise) on raising children. In the third century, the rabbis who put together the Talmud instructed fathers to teach their sons to swim. It’s safe to say that […]
The thorough investigative work of Ed over at Ralph to uncover Bob Dylan’s “borrowings,” got me wondering about where Bob is in terms of religious convictions. Jewsrock.org : Words : Talkin’ Hava Nagilah Blues has a brief history. I assume it is accurate. A snippet: But wait a minute—isn’t Bob […]
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 […]
If you click on my profile you will see that I live in (near) New Orleans and that I teach at Tulane University. Needless to say we have been through a lot this year. Whenever catastrophes of this magnitude occur someone always seems eager to step forward and say that […]