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LSJ‘, as this good friend of a book is called by specialists of ancient Greek language and linguistics, is a staple.

You wouldn’t skip breakfast before heading to work. You wouldn’t wear dress shoes without socks. You wouldn’t fail to own a well-worn copy of this classic Greek-English lexicon if your work immerses you in ancient Greek. (more…)

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My company’s IT guy decided I work best when I have music in my office. (more…)

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Mendelssohn’s Elijah has been loved, hated, belted out by innumerable church and community choirs, performed with white-tie panache, and more often than not simply ignored. It’s a difficult work to categorize and even more challenging to review helpfully, since it often appears to be several works in one. (more…)

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The New Revised Standard Version is a late-twentieth-century updating of the venerable Revised Standard Version. This reviewer has become familiar with the NRSV as the base English-language text of the New Cambridge Bible Commentary, a project for which I am writing the volumes on the book of Isaiah. (more…)

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This is a perfectly adequate hole punch.

But unless you have space issues, pay a little more and buy the much better ‘Light Touch’ hole punch by the same manufactorer. It’s infinitely better.

Progress happens sometimes.

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This is a very cool product made with just three pieces of stainless steel. (more…)

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Question: How does a man with such an ordinary voice and diminutive stature toss off a whole anthology of agile, smart hits with an edgy title and huge listenability?

Answer: He writes. Good grief, but the man writes. (more…)

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Before there were computers, before there were even ball point pens, Edwin Hatch and Henry Redpath churned out this fundamental work on the Greek Old Testament.

The laborious care–one wants to say love–which they brought to the first translation of the Hebrew Bible is a testament to that species of linguistic rigor and respect for the text that is too rare in the humanities and even in biblical studies these days. (more…)

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This product will be adequate for in-car charging of your Blackberry 8700c unless you have a large car and need a slightly longer chord. The chord on this project is shorter than on other similar projects.

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This stylish, understated Kenneth Cole watch sports black-and-silver versatility. It goes great with blacks, grays, and blues. ‘Also not bad for a jeansy dress-down day, though that can be a bit of a stretch. (more…)

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