Monday, August 28, 2006

At the Reception

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After the wedding, the reception. It features an Irish band, all friends of the couple, including some groomsmen. Irish bouzouki, uileann pi...
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Tuesday, August 08, 2006

A Wedding Toast

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A recent conversation with my daughter: ELIZABETH: Dad, you know you're offering a toast at the wedding reception. Have you thought abou...
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Wednesday, August 02, 2006

One Book Meme

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I see that Chris Brady has tagged me, and I owe him a follow-up. So here goes: 1. One book that changed your life: Tough choice. I'll s...
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Friday, July 28, 2006

The End of the World

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A recent conversation in our house: WIFE: Ha ha, some people are looking at the Mideast troubles and predicting the end of the world. SELF: ...
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Wednesday, July 12, 2006

The Seated Teacher

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While reading Peter Brown's biography Augustine of Hippo , I was struck by this passage describing Augustine the preacher: Augustine wou...
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Friday, July 07, 2006

Vermes on the Qumran Concordance

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There is not really much drama in the editing of a concordance, but Geza Vermes puts his finger on an important aspect of the recently publi...
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Wednesday, June 28, 2006

Brooke on Book by Cook (et al.)

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G. J. Brooke reviews The Dead Sea Scrolls Concordance, Vol. I , on which I was a collaborator, in the Society for Old Testament Study Book L...
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Tuesday, June 20, 2006

Bibliographical Note

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For what it's worth, the newest issue of Near Eastern Archaeology has published my "Forgery Indictments and BAR : Learning from Hi...
Monday, June 19, 2006

Here and There on a Monday

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Father's Day: This weekend my lovely children took me to see Nacho Libre , which we all enjoyed hugely, unlike most critics . Since my ...
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Friday, June 16, 2006

Facing the Caboose: Time-Orientation in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Aymara

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An interesting story in Language Log about the Aymara language, which is reported to have a "reverse concept" of time, i.e. the p...
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Wednesday, June 14, 2006

ECUSA fiddles while Bible burns

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At the Episcopal Convention in Columbus, they've already had a U2-charist , a communion service featuring the music of (although not the...
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Monday, June 05, 2006

June 6: A beastly day?

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Lots of mindless tittle-tattle on the Internet concerning the date tomorrow — 6/6/06. Ooooh! Isn't that the Number of the Beast, accordi...
Monday, May 29, 2006

Warriors

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Memorial Day in the US is for the remembrance of those who died fighting for their country. I don't know of anyone related to me who has...
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Sunday, May 21, 2006

Goodbye, Shelby

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Yesterday our long-time family dog, Shelby, was put to sleep at the age of 15. We acquired him in the fall of 1990 as a puppy, when the kids...
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Friday, May 19, 2006

Au lieu de moi

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Sorry I've been non-blogging lately, a trend that shows no signs of letting up. (Or is that "every sign of not letting up"? Oh...
Thursday, May 11, 2006

Lost Again

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Forget the Gospel of Judas , the DaVinci Code, the Dead Sea Scrolls — the most pored-over, closely read mystery text in the U.S. today is un...
Thursday, May 04, 2006

Books 'n' Records

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Just a few notes on what's on the bookshelf/CD player: Last week I read The Power and the Glory , this week I'm reading The End of t...
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Friday, April 28, 2006

Please, No More Movies

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OK, is this thing on? Hello? OK. Yes. I'd like to read a press release from the Association of Hollywood Moguls. Hello, American people!...
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Tuesday, April 25, 2006

When Was the Gospel of Mark Written?

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Since today is the feast day of St. Mark the Evangelist, I hearby announce, in his honor, that almost every scholarly discussion of the date...
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Wednesday, April 19, 2006

The End of Biblioblogdom?

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I note that Jim West has announced the "dis-integration" of the biblioblogging community. He may well be correct, or not; I don...
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