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It’ll do: Yisrael Lazar, The New Dictionary English-Hebrew Hebrew-English

August 27, 2007 by David Baer

Sometimes you just need a down-and-dirty dictionary that plops a word in English down beside a word in modern Hebrew—or vice versa—and says, ‘There, that’s it. You gotta’ problem with that?’ Continue Reading »

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The ugly beast behind well-spoken pragmatism

August 27, 2007 by David Baer

After sixteen great years as a missionary in Latin America, I find myself thriving back in my native land. ‘I bet the readjustment has been hard’, caring friends say. ‘No, not really’, I answer to myself and sometimes to the inquirer. The change has been remarkably smooth. Continue Reading »

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Look it up!: The New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary (2 Vol. Set; Thumb Indexed Edition)

August 27, 2007 by David Baer

While finishing up a PhD at Cambridge and preparing to move back to my country of origin, one of the small but solid griefs of that process was saying goodbye to the familiar Oxford English Dictionary, whose massive volumes lay 13 steps to the right of my desk in Cambridge’s Tyndale House Library. In the three and a half years before that parting, I must have worn a rut in the carpeting during my frequent and satisfying sallies to the OED for help, rescue, and—occasionally—delightful surprise. Continue Reading »

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solid, reliable, up-to-date: Larousse Standard French/English Dictionary

August 27, 2007 by David Baer

You will not go wrong if your search for a bilingual French-English dictionary leads you to purchase this volume from Larousse. Continue Reading »

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the go-to style guide for biblical scholars: The SBL Handbook of Style: For Ancient Near Eastern, Biblical, and Early Christian Studies

August 27, 2007 by David Baer

As the premier North-American-based professional association of biblical scholars, the Society of Biblical Literature (‘SBL’) not only publishes the prestigious and tightly-edited Journal of Biblical Literature (‘JBL’); its influence has a knock-on effect on other journals in this and ancillary fields. Continue Reading »

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excelente paso para lectores de la Biblia en español: Santa Biblia Nueva Version Internacional

August 27, 2007 by David Baer

La Biblia en inglés que se llama New International Version (NIV) ha sido todo un fenómeno en el mundo de habla inglesa. A partir del 1999, los lectores de la Biblia en español hemos podido disfrutar de una Biblia que utiliza los mismos prinicipios de traducción que llevaron a luz la NIV. Continue Reading »

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designed for the student’s backpack and other violent locations: Langenscheidt’s Compact German Dictionary. German-English English-German (Langenscheidt Compact Dictionaries)

August 27, 2007 by David Baer

I have worn out more than one copy of the Langenscheidt German Compact Dictionary, but that’s no criticism: these sturdy little guys are designed for mistreatment and mobility. Continue Reading »

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In all things, be men: Paul T. Coughlin, No More Christian Nice Guy: When Being Nice—Instead of Good—Hurts Men, Women And Children

August 27, 2007 by David Baer

Paul Coughlin’s treatise on masculinity for Christian men is unsubtle in tone. His argument is repetitive. His research is narrow and clichéd. He wears his heart too much on his sleeve.

All in all, a very worthwhile book. Continue Reading »

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The Oxbridge Bible: New English Bible

August 27, 2007 by David Baer

In most of the world, it would be unthinkable for the syndics of the country’s two leading university presses to commission a new vernacular edition of the Bible. Yet in the middle of the twentieth century, such a project was still imaginable to the grey men of Oxford and Cambridge University Presses.

The result is the unforgettable New English Bible. Continue Reading »

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background reading for Hoosiers in business: Indiana Business Magazine

August 27, 2007 by David Baer

This little 48-pager is one of those periodicals you need to browse in order to know what’s goin’ on around you. This genre of magazine tends to throw up at least one fascinating article and about two items of business environment news per issue that you don’t want to go without.

If you’re a Hoosier and the social version of peripheral vision matters to you, be sure to have a monthly peek at IndianaBusiness.

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