Tag Archives: Bible
A New Era in Biblical Studies Has Begun: Highlighters Designed Especially For Thin Bible Paper!
This could be the most important advance in biblical studies since Wellhausen’s Prolegomena. G.T. Luscombe - producer of bible accessories from Frankfort, Illinois - has developed highlighters designed especially for highlighting Bibles! Using ink developed in Japan for low absorption into paper, the Zebrite … Continue reading
Filed under Ancient Jewish texts
Baptists call for the Bible to be Banned: The Women-hating Southern Baptist Convention of 2011
Despite the fact that the 2011 New International Version (NIV) translation of the Bible got rid of more than a quarter of its gender-neutral language, bowing to the reactionary response by ultra-conservative Christians to the earlier gender-neutral TNIV… … and despite the fact that … Continue reading
Filed under 2 Samuel 21, 23, Ancient Jewish texts
Alan Moore writes his Bible: Jerusalem to be printed on Bible Paper?
Alan Moore’s prose novel Jerusalem, forthcoming 2012, will be approximately 750,000 words long. I was talking to Professor Steve Jones at one of those evenings that I did, the Uncaged Monkeys at the Hammersmith Apollo. I was telling him that … Continue reading
Filed under Ancient Jewish texts, Comic books, Novels
The Bible makes Tim Bulkeley laugh. Me too.
I don’t know how you get your giggles. But Tim Bulkeley gets his from reading the Bible. He managed to find plenty to guffaw at in the Torah, and has no doubt located some side-splitting episodes in the Former Prophets. But … Continue reading
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A Basic Introduction to Giants of the Bible… and Zondervan’s Sexism toward Children, and the Zondervan Gender-Prejudiced Bibles
People are always asking me, “Can you recommend a basic introduction to the Giants of the Bible?” Well, yes I can! One of the most basic introductions to biblical Giants is Big Bad Bible Giants, authored by Ed Strauss and … Continue reading
Filed under Anakim, Biblical Giants, Books on Giants, Children's lit, Emim, Goliath, King Og, Nephilim, Rephaim
