ANE… The Weekly Roundup – 4.26.19 26 Apr 201922 Apr 2019 "All translations of great works are of course no more than approximations of the original, in some places happy ones, in some necessarily imperfect. But respecting the sheer physicality of…
Atheism… The Weekly Roundup – 2.1.19 1 Feb 201930 Jan 2019 "I propose the final edition of Genesis is the result of a similar process by an editor of the Holiness school of pre-exilic Israel, who combined and organized these various…
'The Case for Miracles'… Book Review: ‘The Case for Miracles’ by Lee Strobel, part 5a 10 Dec 201820 Jan 2019 In part one of my review of Lee Strobel’s The Case for Miracles I covered chapters 1-3, a section featuring Strobel’s interview of the skeptic Michael Shermer. In part two I…
Biblical Languages… Robert Alter’s Magnum Opus 20 Jul 201819 Jul 2018 If you aren't familiar with Robert Alter then stop reading this blog post and go look him up. Alter is Professor of Hebrew and Comparative Literature at the University of…
