Idle musings of a bookseller

Idle musings by a once again bookseller, always bibliophile, current copyeditor and proofreader. Complete with ramblings about biblical studies, the ancient Near East, bicycling, gardening, or anything else I am reading (or experiencing). All more or less live from Red Wing, MN

Wednesday, May 31, 2006

Yon City of Ugarit

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Yes, The City of Ugarit at Tell Ras Shamra arrived yesterday afternoon at about 2:30; seven pallets full, 200 boxes, 90 degrees Fahrenheit....
Tuesday, May 30, 2006

BHQ Ezra-Nehemiah update

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For those of you who are anxiously awaiting the next fascicle of BHQ, Ezra-Nehemiah , here is the latest update, direct from Richard Weis, w...

Quote for the day

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“The absence of revival in evangelicalism today certainly does not reflect a lack of activity and opportunities. We have more Christian conc...
Friday, May 26, 2006

More on Yon City of Ugarit

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The continuing saga of an international shipment... The seventh day of the 5-7 days on the train from California to Chicago was up on Wednes...
Thursday, May 25, 2006

Self-portait?

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Renee, Joel and Joshua (our daughter, son-in-law, and grandson) left yesterday. We had a blast with them. Renee fell in love with the digita...
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Tuesday, May 23, 2006

Funny link

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One of the things I do a few times a week is search Blogger for all of the occurrences of Eisenbrauns. I must have missed this one , becaus...
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Just arrived

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The latest Hermeneia volume just arrived. It wasn't supposed to be released until June, but here it is: 1 Chronicles Hermeneia by Ral...
Monday, May 22, 2006

Weekend

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Well, I managed to get through a weekend without reading a single page, not a word of Greek, Hebrew or Latin. I didn't even make bread. ...
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Thursday, May 18, 2006

The vagaries of international shipping

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We printed The City of Ugarit at Tell Ras Shamra overseas, something we don't usually do. We did it because of all the color used in th...
Tuesday, May 16, 2006

How many elephants?

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The year 2005 saw 172,000 new books released in the United States, according to Bowker, the world's leading provider of bibliographic in...

Idle musing for the day

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"If a man strikes me, I should not pull out a revolver and shoot him. The Spirit of the Lord doesn't teach me revenge; He doesn...
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Monday, May 15, 2006

Forthcoming this week from Eisenbrauns

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We are releasing a paperback version of From Cyrus to Alexander . It is supposed to arrive this week from the printer. There is an interesti...
Friday, May 12, 2006

Short book review

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A Student's Guide to Textual Criticism of the Bible Its History, Methods & Results by Paul D. Wegner InterVarsity Press - IVP,2...

I'm back, sort of...

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OK, I'm going to start blogging again. But, it is going to be more limited. Eisenbrauns recently published this little gem that I am cur...
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Monday, May 01, 2006

Book Prize for an Eisenbrauns Book!

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I promised to post interesting book announcements, so here is one: Eisenbrauns Book Wins 2006 Irene Levi-Sala Prize Eisenbrauns is pleased t...
Wednesday, April 26, 2006

Blogging hiatus

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With the arrival of Spring, I am re-evaluating how I spend my time. I am going to suspend blogging for an indefinite amount of time. I will ...
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Tuesday, April 25, 2006

Spring at Eisenbrauns

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This tree is right in front of the building. Don't you love it?
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Theology of Work

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I had high hopes for this book. It started out so well. He described the problem so precisely: "Church on Sunday or church meetings du...
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Monday, April 24, 2006

Fog day

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This is my third spring in Indiana, and I am still getting used to some things. For example, in Minnesota we had school canceled or delayed ...
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More bicycling-try 2

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Blogger is acting up today, this post appeared 3 times and then disappeared totally. Let's try again... Lest you be too dismayed, I took...
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