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A new chapter 21 May 2012 | 02:17 pm
About this time last year during what has become the annual budget tightening exercise the Chancellor's Office at UNL eliminated the line item in the College of Arts and Sciences' budget that paid my ...
Figurations of the Sibyl (1) 4 Jan 2012 | 09:00 am
“La véritable différence est que les Pythies de l’oracle apollinien ont été des femmes réeles et les Sibylles, des êtres imaginaires comparable aux nymphes ou aux muses/The real difference is that Apo...
Rescheduling the apocalypse 3 Jan 2010 | 03:06 pm
According to Harold Camping (who I've never heard of before, but that's probably only because I wasn't paying attention), the world is not going to end in December of 2012, but more that 1.5 years ear...
A new book on the Sibylline Oracles 10 Dec 2008 | 04:26 pm
My review of J. L. Lightfoot's The Sibylline Oracles: with Introduction, Translation, and Commentary on the First and Second Books (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007) is set to appear in The Class...
And I quote . . . 1 Dec 2008 | 05:22 am
The least of learning is done in the classrooms. Thomas Merton
To my Latin students . . . 26 Nov 2008 | 09:13 pm
. . . in particular, and to learners of ancient languages in general, I would like to offer these words of encouragement uttered by Tom Hanks' character, Jimmy Dugan, in Penny Marshall's delightful fi...
If you haven't read this little book yet . . . 10 Sep 2008 | 04:25 pm
. . . I'm referring to Walter Bruegemann, William Placher, and Brian Blount, Struggling with Scripture (Westminster John Knox 2002) . . . well, Greg Carey makes a terrific case for why you should.
If you want to improve your skills in reading biblical Hebrew . . . 10 Sep 2008 | 04:16 pm
. . . you should heed the bibliographical advice offered by Stephen Cook at Biblische Ausbildung.
Eminently sensible career advice . . . 10 Sep 2008 | 03:50 pm
. . . that both undergraduate and gradutate students interested in biblical studies would do well to heed is available at April DeConick's "Forbidden Gospels" blog. (ī, puella!)
On plagiarism 10 Sep 2008 | 03:33 pm
I learned about this from Stephen Cook's blog Bliblische Ausbildung, and since he posted such a delightful cartoon in connection with it, I hope you'll start from there to link to James McGrath's post...
