It’s difficult to imagine a more unlikely book concept. And *impossible* to absorb the luck of its timing. Two novelists, quite unlike each other except for their deep-structure attachment to the Boston Red Sox, trade emails over the course of a 162-game baseball season, supplemented–dramatically, gorgeously, gloriously–by a post-season that must be acknowledged as one [...]
Archive for the ‘reseña’ Category
dirty water: Stewart O’Nan and Stephen King, Faithful: Two Diehard Boston Red Sox Fans Chronicle the Historic 2004 Season
Posted in reseña, small ball, tagged reseña, baseball, small ball on February 4, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
three empty dog dishes can’t be wrong: Canidae Dry Dog Food, Chicken Meal and Rice Formula, 30-Pound Bag
Posted in fauna, reseña, tagged fauna, reseña on February 4, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
My two Rhodesian Ridgebacks and one Labrador Retriever are no pushovers. Even other varieties of highly regarded Canidae food have left them looking up at me over lightly rearranged bowls of food with that ‘Why have you turned against us again?’ look. But whenever I bring home the thirty-pound bags of Canidae Chicken Meal and [...]
new book!: Dan Schmidt, Our Savior Come. An Advent Companion
Posted in reseña on October 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
From time to time words like those that flow onto this blog find their way into other streams. I’m happy to announce that my friend Dan Schmidt has just published a book you may want to pick up in print or digital format. Our Savior Come, An Advent Companion presents a collection of essays intended [...]
note: Jordan D. Rosenblum, ‘Cities of the Sea: in search of כרמי הים’ (Hebrew Studies, LI)
Posted in reseña, tagged rabbinica on January 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The abstract of this article reads as follows: In this essay, I attempt to inscribe the mysterious location known as ‘the cities of the sea’ (כרמי הים) onto the map of rabbinic scholarship. Classical rabbinic authors look toward this mythic locale for three reasons: (1) to discuss tales of sin (and sometimes salvation); (2) to [...]
note: Nitza Ben-Dov, ‘The Dead Do Not Praise the Lord’: Alter’s Psalms, Agnon’s ‘Tehilla’, Pasternak’s Doctor Zhivago (Hebrew Studies, LI)
Posted in reseña, tagged Psalms, reseña on January 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The abstract of this article reads as follows: Life in this world is the only life, according to the ancient biblical belief. Robert Alter (Uri) in the introduction to his translation of the book of Psalms (2007) explains why he sometimes chose one word and not another to remain faithful to the biblical belief of [...]
note: Christopher B. Ansberry, ‘What does Jerusalem have to do with Athens? The moral vision of the book of Proverbs and Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics’ (Hebrew Studies, LI)
Posted in reseña, tagged biblical reflection, Proverbs, reseña on January 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The abstract of this article reads as follows: Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics serve as a more useful heuristic model for understanding the moral vision of the book of Proverbs than Socrates’ ethical theory. While Socratic ethics provide a general guide to portions of the sapiential material, Aristotle’s emphasis on the organic relationship between the moral and [...]
note: Isaac B. Gottlieb, ‘Mashal le-Melekh: the search for Solomon’ (Hebrew Studies, LIi
Posted in reseña, tagged biblical criticism, inner-biblical exegesis, midrash, rabbinica on December 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The abstract of this article reads as follows: Many references to Solomon in the Bible seem to be the outcome of inner-biblical exegesis applied to earlier texts. This study highlights the particular forms of exegesis that were used and their proximity to later midrashic explanation. But submitting earlier narratives to midrashic techniques, the books of [...]
note: Christopher Heard, ‘What Does the Mob Want Lot to Do in Genesis 19:9?’ (Hebrew Studies, LI)
Posted in reseña, tagged Genesis; biblical studies on December 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The abstract of this article reads as follows: Most English Bible translations render גשׁ־הלאה in Gen 19:9 with some variant of ‘Stand back!’ However, a very few interpreters recommend a translation along the lines of ‘Come closer!’ more in keeping with the typical gloss on נגשׁ. A detailed study of the syntax and semantics of [...]
note: Benjamin J. Noonan, ‘Abraham, Blessing, and the Nations: a reexamination of the Niphal and Hitpael of ברך in the patriarchal narratives’ (Hebrew Studies, LI)
Posted in reseña on December 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The abstract of this article reads as follows: A long-recognized crux interpretum in Genesis is the diathesis of the Niphal (Gen 12:3; 18:18; 28:14) and Hitpael (Gen 22:18; 26:4) stems of ברך in the different renditions of the patriarchal promise of blessing. Many scholars assume that both stems should be translated the same way, arguing [...]
note: Benjamin D. Giffone, ‘A “Perfect” Poem: the use of the qatal verbal form in the biblical acrostics’, Hebrew Studies LI
Posted in reseña, tagged biblical poetry, biblical studies on December 19, 2010 | 2 Comments »
The abstract of this article reads as follows: The purpose of this study is to critique some of the prevalent theories regarding the biblical alphabetic acrostics and to expose a previously unrecognized feature that most of the acrostics share: ‘Alphabetical thinking’ manifests itself differently in each poem; however, one common thread in most of the [...]
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