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the tradition and the saying: Sigmund Mowinckel, The Spirit and the Word. Prophecy and Tradition in Ancient Israel (Fortress Classics in Biblical Studies)

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This entry in the Fortress Classics in Biblical Studies series brings to fresh light some classic exemplars of twentieth-century Old Testament criticism, no small contribution in a moment when the discipline’s fast-fragmenting methodologies threaten biblical scholars with amnesia. (more…)

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a common touch and a devoted fan base: Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine

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Kiplinger’s Personal Finance is a worthy challenge to Money magazine for a monthly dose of economic and investing trends, helpful financial tips, and—in KPF‘s case—a kind of populist advocacy for the little guy investor. (more…)

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Coffee, tea, Forbes, or Fortune?: Fortune magazine

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If you need to keep abreast of financials and business on a monthly basis, Forbes and Fortune are the two conventional choices. (more…)

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Don’t leave home without this intellectual journal: First Things

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First Things editor Richard John Neuhaus is famous for two things. (more…)

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Not your father’s newsweekly: World magazine

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As an insatiable news junky and practicing Christian reader whose work takes me to many countries each year, I recently caved to my wife’s insistence and began to read the World subscription that a relative had given us. (more…)

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recreating a man: Psalm 51

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A man’s bones ache under the guilt he acknowledges. His heart lies shattered.

That the psalms should present King David as knowing this, indeed, that they should have him say so in the first person is testimony to the enduring, transparent genius of the biblical David. Even the king—reader of Torah, spokesman for justice—’went in to Bathsheba’. Is there anyone, one asks in the shadow of this, who has not had his Bathsheba? Has anyone not known the grating rot of bones, the fearful terror of a heart that’s been crushed? (more…)

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Two Hippos Make an Island: airline lounges

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Whether traveling for business or pleasure, you don’t want to waste your time in loud, sweaty departure lounge when for a modest fee the true value of climate control, internet access, healthy nibbling, and comfortable seats are just down the concourse at an airline lounge. (more…)

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Two Hippos Make an Island: Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

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Indianapolis International Airport (IND)

    For long-suffering residents of Indianapolis and the hundreds of thousands of race fans that arrive in this surprisingly attractive midwestern city, 2008 can’t come soon enough. That’s when Indy’s new airport is scheduled to open its doors. (more…)

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Two Hippos Make an Island: Johannesburg, South Africa

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For business in Africa, Jo’Burg is the place. Not only is it the principal commercial and air transport hub for all of Africa, but its climate and amenities make it a very pleasant place to visit. Direct flights arrive from to Jo’Burg’s modern and pleasant airport from all over the West and Asia. As the country gears up to host soccer’s World Cup in 2010, infrastructure should only improve, a challenge that already has South Africans in a state of nervous industry. (more…)

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Two Hippos Make an Island: Capetown, South Africa

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Capetown manages to combine one of the world’s most striking natural settings with the cosmopolitan flair of an international tourist and cultural hub. Stay at the Waterfront Holiday Inn (part of the regional Southern Sun chain), a 25-minute ride from the airport on safe and affordable cabs. (more…)

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