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Month: August 2009

book pricing

Posted on Saturday, 29th August, 2009 by martin

There have been a number of posts recently lamenting the ridiculously excessive pricing of some books from certain publishers. The volume linked above costs $329.99 US (about $390.00 AUS). It is 360 pages, so not too short, but nonetheless very, very expensive. Apparently it is print-on-demand. So if I had a PDF of the book…

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rtl support in snow leopard

Posted on Friday, 28th August, 2009 by martin

Well, Snow Leopard (MacOS X 10.6) is finally out, so it is time to see how it handles right-to-left languages (I’m primarily interested in Hebrew). Apple’s own claim is this: 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…

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of mustard seeds and inerrancy

Posted on Friday, 21st August, 2009 by martin

I recently came across Wayne Grudem’s attempt to reconcile his doctrine of inerrancy with NT report of Jesus’ claim that the mustard seed is the smallest of all seeds (Matt 13:31–32; Mark 4:31–32). It is part of a larger series of three talks he gave on the subject of the doctrine of inerrancy which are…

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speaking tenderly — or not?

Posted on Friday, 7th August, 2009 by martin

I have an abiding interest in the significance of the historical, social, cultural, and linguistic context of biblical literature for understanding its meaning. As such, I was compelled to grab a copy of The Social Sciences and Biblical Translation (SBL, 2008) (available from many places, including Eisenbrauns). There’s much of interest in the slender volume,…

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a model prayer?

Posted on Sunday, 2nd August, 2009 by martin

This prayer shows that the predilection for self-interest expressed in some streams of modern christianity is nothing new. It is a prayer of one John Ward, M.P., from 1727: O Lord, Thou knowest that I have nine houses in the city of London, and that I have lately purchased an estate in fee simple in…

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