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July 2008

July 11, 2008

Quote of the Day (John Derbyshire)

John Derbyshire (of "The Corner" in the National Review) had the following to say about...

July 11, 2008

Proudly NOT Associated With Any Who’s Who

I received an invitation from yet another Who's Who today, this time by ordinary mail....

July 11, 2008

Wishing The Book Of Genesis Unmythical Doesn’t Make It So

Via Wishing Doesn't Make It So, I've ended up participating in a discussion at the...

July 10, 2008

What The Blogosphere Says

Doug Chapin has recommended abandoning talk of "what the Bible says", with further discussion by...

July 10, 2008

New iPhone Feature Needed

The current iPhone enables one to make and receive phone calls, e-mails, and text messages,...

July 09, 2008

The Mandaean Calendar and the Egyptian Calendar

The Mandaeans use a solar calendar which consists of 12 months, each consisting of exactly...

July 09, 2008

Cartoons Around the Blogosphere

John Pieret has a "cracker" of a post. Ann Fontaine highlights some bloggers who are...

July 09, 2008

What’s $1.5 Million Between “Friends”?

Here's another scam e-mail I received. As usual, when they make it through the spam...

July 08, 2008

Lived Long and Prospered

The news is just breaking in the blogosphere that Sir John Templeton, founder of the...

July 08, 2008

More Wildlife From Our Yard

Here are some better video clips of our hummingbirds: And now for a couple of...

July 08, 2008

Doctor Who: Journey’s End, Creation’s End, God’s End?

I just watched "Journey's End", the season finale of Doctor Who. This post contains spoilers....

July 07, 2008

Hummingbirds

Here's the first of several short videos of hummingbirds at our feeder that I'm in...

July 07, 2008

Ancient Texts Online: Rising Messiahs and Reproduced Mandaean Sources

A 2,000 year old stone tablet has (once again) been making news headlines because of...

July 06, 2008

You Don’t Know The Language Until You Can Say “Fireman”

I'm always on the lookout for resources related to the Mandaic language, primarily its ancient...

July 05, 2008

Christian Identity and Dalit Religion in Hindu India, 1868–1947

My colleague Chad Bauman's forthcoming book on conversion to Christianity in India is now listed...

July 04, 2008

Happy Independence Day!

It is the 4th of July, and in the United States, we often find people...

July 03, 2008

Exploring Our Matrix contains no four-letter words

OnePlusYou Quizzes and Widgets

July 03, 2008

The Passion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster

July 02, 2008

An Appeal To The Public About Intelligent Design

Scientific theories are tested by scientists, whether in labs or in real-life scenarios that relate...

July 02, 2008

A Puzzle For The Would-Be Student Of Mandaic

OK, let me see if I've got this straight. There are scarcely any resources readily...

July 01, 2008

Family Guy: Blue Harvest

At the recommendation of several of my students, I watched the Family Guy - Blue...

July 01, 2008

Nosrim wa-Minim = Nasuraiia wa-Mandaiia?

Scholars of both the Bible and Rabbinic literature will be familiar with discussions of the...

July 01, 2008

Intelligent Design Is Pure Science…

"Intelligent Design is pure science" has been the claim of the movement associated with this...

June 2008

June 30, 2008

Have We LOST The Doctor?

I just watched the latest episode of Doctor Who, "The Stolen Earth" [SPOILER WARNING for...

June 30, 2008

Syriac, Aramaic, and Mandaic: Learn One Language, Three Dialects, For The Price Of Five Alphabets

Many people are (or ought to be) interested in learning the language Jesus spoke as...

June 29, 2008

Quote of the Day (The Qur’an)

"Believers, Jews, Christians and Sabaeans—all those who believe in God and the Last Day and...

June 28, 2008

Fundamentalist De(con)struction of Romans

In my class on Paul and the Early Church, we worked through several of Paul's...

June 28, 2008

The Blog Brought To You By The Letter “T”

I haven't posted about the keywords that are listed as having brought people to my...

June 28, 2008

For The Bible Tells Me So

There isn't too much I want to say about the movie I am watching as...

June 27, 2008

Go Sell, Then Tell

I think that it should be a principled stance of educated Christians that we only...

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