There’s an interesting article in the New York Times discussing the possible impact language has on perception. These ideas clearly have some relevance to the translation and understanding of biblical texts, but there is also some danger in proposing speculative interpretations based on the perceived significance of distinctive characteristics of Hebrew. Of course, this wouldn’t…
indecision 2010
Image by haikugirlOz via Flickr The election appears to be over. Well, the voting part of it. But now we’re faced with a hung parliament and the horse trading with the independents and Greens as one or the other major party seeks to form a government. It suggests to me that the label assigned by…
sutherland to surf 2010
Another Sutherland to Surf fun run took place on the 25th July. The weather was more pleasant than last year, but my preparation was not as good. Nonetheless I cut about half a minute off my overall time, so in the circumstances I was quite pleased. The results this year were not separated into runners…
linguistic dating of biblical texts
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…
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…
you don’t need inerrant autographs!
One of the hallmarks of recent (and perhaps not-so-recent) expressions of the doctrine of Scripture has been the claim that the autographs were inerrant. There are, however, problems with this assertion.
net bible site update
I just noticed that the NET Bible’s website has been updated. It looks quite fancy, so check it out. My only suggestion would be to adjust the line-height in the CSS to increase the spacing between text lines.
now’s the time to buy!
For all of you who’ve been holding off buying a copy of The End of Wisdom, now’s the time to buy. Eisenbrauns have a great sale on an array of titles including The End of Wisdom, and for international customers, shipping is half price!
the impassibility of god
Mark Baddeley has been posting about the impassibility of God over on the SolaPanel. I’ve always had reservations about the doctrine, so here’s a copy of the comment I posted over there: