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Where I ran into one of my College Prof’s, Don Garner.
And the food was in the book hall. And it was excellent. Fresh fruit, cheese, sushi, hummus. Just delightful.
Tomorrow begins with a session on the work of James Barr. There have been a number of such sessions over the past year- in Vienna at the [...]
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This was a panel discussion addressing the question of what ‘health and healing’ would have meant to ancients as opposed to what it means in our context. Laura Zucconi and John Pilch both did a grand job explaining and illustrating the issue(s). In short, it is very important that we report what the natives said [...]
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I realize that people think that business meetings are dull- but tonight’s lasted a mere 20 minutes and we discovered that next year’s Regional Meeting of the SBL (Southeastern) will take place at the Sheraton Chapel-Hill, March 13-15, 2009. That’s just down the road from Goodacre so hopefully he will be there. This year he’s [...]
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I wandered the exhibit, chatted the excellent Bobby K. of Hendrickson up, and ran into Jane Barr, wife of the late James Barr (and remarkably she remembered me from our chat in San Diego). She is such a nice person.
Oh- and the only Eisenbrauns presence was the catalogs placed on the table. [...]
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Since a picture is worth 1000 words-
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I’ve arrived safely in Atlanta for the SBL Regional meeting which begins this afternoon. Here’s the requisite hotel room photos- a tradition begun by James Crossley (for better or worse). More anon, of course.
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I’ll blog as I have a chance down there and post some photos as well. More anon.
Posted in current events on March 7, 2008 | 3 Comments »
The shooting of the Seminary Students in Jerusalem is another in a series of brutal and senseless acts of violence. What mindlessness inhabits the human soul all too often. Yes, Virginia, there is such a thing as Total Depravity. And not just in the United States.
