Daily Archives: August 1, 2018

Originally posted on theoutwardquest:
In The Levites and the Boundaries of Israelite Identity Mark Leuchter deals with Deuteronomy as a text composed retrospectively in about -622. The story about the discovery of the scroll in the Temple is fiction. What…

Originally posted on A Pilgrim in Narnia:
One of the assignments that I give my students, adapted from the late C.S. Lewis scholar Dr. Bruce Edwards, is for students to get into groups and sketch out an 8th Chronicle of…

Originally posted on Clarissa's Blog:
A Christian journalist writes: With oozing condescension, they lament that someone otherwise so smart and perceptive — i.e., someone who agrees with them on the issues — can’t let go of faith… I find…

Originally posted on Edge Induced Cohesion:
Sense & Sensibility, by Jane Austen, read by Wanda McCaddon As someone who has both repeatedly read and listened to [1] Jane Austen’s novels, one might wonder what one gets out of an experience…

Originally posted on Edge Induced Cohesion:
Emma, by Jane Austen, read by Victoria Morgan I must admit that although I am deeply fond of Jane Austen [1], that Emma is my least favorite of her six main novels.  Figuring out…

Originally posted on International Liberty:
By starting a trade war, President Trump is playing with matches in a gunpowder factory. Other nations are retaliating, creating the risk of escalating tit-for-tat protectionism. But is that really what’s happening? Is it possible…

July 2018 Biblical Studies Carnival

Elizabeth Byler Younts.  The Solace of Water.  Thomas Nelson, 2018.  See here to buy the book. The Solace of Water is set in 1950’s Pennsylvania.  Delilah Evans is an African-American woman and the wife of a pastor.  They have a … Continue reading →