MSH | February 23, 2010
You may have already heard about archaeologist Eilat Mazar’s work in Jerusalem. She has found some massive walls and structures that appear to date securely to the 10th century BC — Solomon’s era. You can read a summary of the story here, and take a look at her (Mazar’s) previous publication on the matter here. [...]
MSH | February 23, 2010
Some sweet interactive material from our magazine — check it out!
MSH | February 22, 2010
John Hobbins has a helpful post offering links to the critiques of the thesis of Ellen Van Wolde that Hebrew bara’ does not mean “create”. John Walton’s recent book The Lost World of Genesis 1, positively reviewed by me here and (soon) in print, has popularized this view. As I noted in my review, I [...]
MSH | February 22, 2010
Here’s the review. I agree with Karyn, too. I have this grammar (bought it last year at SBL). It’s terrific. I’m actually entertaining the thought of offering an online Ugaritic class with it for those who have completed my first year Hebrew course (now in progress) and who have a strong grasp of the material, [...]
MSH | February 21, 2010
Well, I’m less than a week away from our regional ETS meeting in Tacoma. The topic, of course, crafted by yours truly, is the mind-body problem. It’s been a while since I posted about the positions people take on the question of whether humans truly have an immaterial component that survives the body upon death. [...]
