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Submitted by nathan on Thu, 04/29/2010 - 04:37
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More good stuff on the internet

Submitted by nathan on Sun, 02/21/2010 - 07:17
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Desire of women

Submitted by nathan on Sat, 05/30/2009 - 15:46
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A friend pointed me to a recent article in a Wasilla, Alaska newspaper entitled "Will the antichrist be a homosexual?" Ron Hamman writes: Read more »

Thesis First Draft Complete

Submitted by nathan on Sat, 02/28/2009 - 09:55
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I have completed the first draft of my thesis Short Goliath, which is an examination in the textual discrepency between the Hebrew Masoretic Text and the Old Greek (a.k.a. Read more »

The mighty sling of David

Submitted by nathan on Fri, 09/26/2008 - 13:53
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The Old Greek version of the story of David and Goliath has a rather interesting addition (in bold below):

And Dauid stretched out his hand into the bag and took out from there one stone and slung it and struck the allophyle on his forehead, and the stone penetrated through the helmet into his forehead, and he fell on his face on the ground. (NETS)

Now that is one hard slung rock!

A New English Translation of the Septuagint

Submitted by nathan on Sat, 09/06/2008 - 00:41
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Finally!  My copy of A New English Translation of the Septuagint (NETS) has arrived!  It will be an invaluable part of my thesis research.  Moreover, it is a needed addition to any Biblical scholar's library.  It has very good introductions to each book or section.  NETS is meant to be the sibling to the NRSV (it reads the same when the Greek allows), so it makes comparative studies very easy.  To say the Read more »

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