Monday, September 04, 2023

Little lamb, arise (Chosen 5)

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 This post is mainly concerned with the episode in The Chosen (season 3, episode 5) dealing with the raising of Jairus's daughter (see M...
Thursday, August 17, 2023

The Chosen (4)

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 Currently I'm into season 2, but these comments are wrapping up season 1. Jesus likes to hug. A lot. Not complaining, I've just nev...
Wednesday, August 09, 2023

The Chosen (3)

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 Continuing with reactions to The Chosen ... The episode of the wedding at Cana in Galilee was overall well-done, I thought ... but sooo slo...
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Monday, August 07, 2023

The Chosen (2)

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 Forging ahead with The Chosen ... (see previous post) I'm about at the 4th episode, season 1.  The miraculous draught of fishes (Luke 5...
Friday, August 04, 2023

The Chosen, some quick reactions

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 I started watching " The Chosen " on Netflix, based on the recommendation of a friend. It's the first show about Christ I...
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Friday, December 30, 2022

New! More! Ralphies!

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  Almost let the Ralphies slip this year; we can't have that! It's been a year with a lot of ups and downs. But let's get to the...
Thursday, September 29, 2022

A Knot in a Rush and Nehemiah 2:1

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  I’ve been reviewing Latin, with a view to reading some old commentaries and works of scholarship. I can’t say I’m a fluent reader (yet!), ...
Wednesday, June 29, 2022

All His Furniture

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  Following up on the last post, note also the word furniture in KJV Exodus 39:33: "And they brought the tabernacle unto Moses, the ten...
Sunday, June 26, 2022

Jonathan's Artillery and David's Carriage

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  " Jonathan gave his artillery unto his lad." Such is the translation of 1 Sam 20:40 in the KJV, a reminder that the word artille...
Friday, December 31, 2021

Ralphies 2021

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A year where things happened. The appalling 6th of January.   The rise and fall and rise of the pestilence. Things change, and they don'...
Friday, December 18, 2020

Something Something Ralphies

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 The first Ralphies were awarded in 2004.  I'll let you guys figure out how many years that's been. Speaking of years ... 2020, amir...
Tuesday, October 13, 2020

Mike Pence and the Spider

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  After the vice-presidential debate with Mike Pence and Kamala Harris, all anyone could talk about was the fly that landed on Pence's h...
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Friday, July 24, 2020

How is the Fourth Beast in Dan 7:7 "different"?

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In Daniel 7, the seer has a vision of four beasts who arise from the sea to trouble the earth (we later find out that these beasts stand for...
Friday, June 26, 2020

A. E. Cowley, Anti-Semite

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A. E. Cowley was a major Semitics scholar of the early twentieth century, and the head of the Bodleian library from 1919-1931.  His Wikiped...

Father's Day 2020

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Posted on Facebook June 20 My father died in 1985, at a younger age than I am now. He was a real "greatest generation" guy, an ...
Tuesday, June 23, 2020

Statement regarding Prof. Jan Joosten

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FIrst posted on Facebook, June 23, 2020. I am appalled and saddened by the recent news about Prof. Jan Joosten and his arrest as a coll...
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Tuesday, December 31, 2019

Umpteenth Annual Ralphies

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It's that time again.   In accordance with time-honored tradition, and in order to keep my legions of internet fans happy, I offer the...
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Thursday, December 12, 2019

Why and When Did Nebuchadnezzar Regain His Reason?

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The story of King Nebuchadnezzar's madness is well-known to Bible readers. In Daniel 4, we hear of the king's overweening pride an...
Thursday, March 07, 2019

THOUGHTS ABOUT "OTHER"/"ANOTHER"

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In English, "other" and the related "another" have different logical meanings.   Sometimes "another" can mea...
Sunday, December 30, 2018

Fifteenth Annual Ralphies

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One more time around the sun!   This year had lows, it had highs, but the lows were lower and the highs were higher.   A pretty intense ...