You can now read about linguistic dating of biblical texts over at Bible and Interpretation here. Well worth a read because it calls into question many of the assumptions frequently made about dating texts…
Month: July 2010
pedantic peeves
I just felt compelled to make some pedantic observations. most movies are 3D All the old movies, including black and white ones, were 3D. On the other hand, movies in which you are required to wear special spectacles are 4D, not 3D. They record three spatial dimensions and one temporal dimension. The “old” movies displayed…
computer deciphers ugaritic
Noticed an interesting article about using computer software to decipher an ancient language, in this case Ugaritic. The article is here. There are, of course, a few caveats which are worthy of note. Ugaritic was chosen because it is well understood so the computer’s results could be checked. Furthermore, it only works if a series…