Tag Archives: SBL
SBL on Sunday, or God was not intended to be taken seriously
Sunday highlights at the 2011 Society of Biblical Literature conference: 1. The inaugural University of Otago reception. The club was pumping, standing shoulder to shoulder with various friends, associates, current and former students and faculty, and various party-crashers. It went … Continue reading
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Off to find Giants … in San Francisco
My sources report that there be Giants in San Francisco. Although I understand this is the season in which Giants hibernate, I’m off to San Francisco to find them. I’ll be hunting during the daylight hours in two main locations: ETS … Continue reading
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The Earth a Breast, Paradise a Nipple, Adam a Giant: Podcast Interview with Author of Paradise Lust (2011)
Lewis Lapham has a podcast out in which he interviews Brook Wilensky-Lanford, the author of Paradise Lust: Searching for the Garden of Eden (Grove Press, 2011). In her book, Wilensky-Lanford examines the attempts by various men and women through history to locate the Garden of Eden. One … Continue reading
Filed under Ancient Jewish texts, Biblical Giants
The Future of Biblical Studies: What Research Still Needs to Be Done? 4. Genre
(Click on the pic, and it gets bigger) First, if I were writing Jesus and the Victory of God today I would certainly want to highlight economic issues more than I did… I loved the way Sylvia drew out these … Continue reading
Filed under Ancient Jewish texts, Comic books
The Future of Biblical Studies: What Research Still Needs to Be Done? 3. Austerity
Innovation in The Future of Biblical Studies: What Research Still Needs to Be Done?
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The Future of Biblical Studies: What Research Still Needs to Be Done? 2. Technique
(click on the pic, and it gets bigger) Imagining The Future of Biblical Studies: What Research Still Needs to Be Done?
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The Future of Biblical Studies: What Research Still Needs to Be Done? 1. General Strike
One of the perennial problems faced by graduate students is the pressure to find an original idea. Biblical studies may be one of the most challenging research areas to find something new to say. This panel includes scholars who have … Continue reading
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Amazing scenes over Dunedin, New Zealand, May 21 Second Coming of Our Lord Jesus Christ!
OMG!! I just took this on my i-phone. Apparently everyone can see Him with the same quality, as though every eye were getting the same view! Incredible!! Nobody has been raptured yet, but Jesus is just hovering there a while. … Continue reading
Filed under Ancient Jewish texts, Conspiracy theorists
Hero in Epic, Hero in Cult: The Rephaim and the Narrative Sublimation of Heroic Dualities in the Hebrew Bible
Brian R. Doak, Gigantologist Here’s a very interesting paper on Giants presented recently at the New England and Eastern Canada Region of the SBL. And I think the authors are precisely right. The paper appears to demonstrate the benefit of the recent shift away … Continue reading
Filed under Ancient Jewish texts, Biblical Giants, Heroes / Gibborim, King Og, Nephilim, Rephaim
