A new review of The End of Wisdom has recently appeared in RBL. I felt that the review, by Harold C. Washington, warranted a few comments. Washington’s words are block-quoted and italicised, followed by my own comments. The “end” of wisdom in the book’s title signifies not wisdom’s aim but its demise. This is not…
Month: June 2009
ambiguity, inference, and judges 1:19
Christopher Heard recently posted a brief discussion of Judges 1:19. Here’s that verse from the NRSV: The Lord was with Judah, and he took possession of the hill country, but could not drive out the inhabitants of the plain, because they had chariots of iron. The point under discussion is whether this verse is restricting…
why i will be upgrading to snow leopard
Well, there are a number of good reasons, but looking through the list of enhancements is this one long overdue feature: Bidirectional text. For languages that are written right to left, such as Hebrew and Arabic, Snow Leopard now elegantly handles mixing in left-to-right text. It also has a split-cursor option that shows the appropriate…