Summary: in place of the post I had written for today, I invite you to see what you are able to make of some Modern Hebrew sketch comedy.
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How is it that the explicitness of Leah’s language in Genesis 30:16 has not jumped out at me before? Speaking to Jacob: ותאמר אלי תבוא כי שכר שכרתיך בדודאי בני “And she said, ‘Come to me, for I have totally hired you out with my son’s mandrakes.’” Jacob seems okay with being pimped out to [...]
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Summary: Random anecdote proves conclusively that form criticism and writing are both Not Hard. Students everywhere officially On Notice.
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Summary: What would your entry look like for the “Dance Your Ph.D. interpretive dance video contest”? Here is mine.
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Summary: AAR and SBL sit again at the same lunch table. Occasional brushing-together of feet probably not “footsie,” but promisingly, does not result in a masking tape dividing line on the floor.
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Summary: God doesn’t punish Bible woo directly, but apparently finds ways to keep up the spirits of the debunkers.
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Summary: Research is hard.
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Summary: This is Biblical Studies Carnival LI.
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Summary: Stealing office supplies, New Hittite period style! (Reading Context of Scripture in a Year).
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I’m sure our own reconstructions are more accurate than this. After all, we have, um…and then…dang. Hat tip to the Little Professor.
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