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too little of a great thing: Pimsleur Hebrew I

Posted in rrythmia, tagged , , , on August 28, 2007| Leave a Comment »

Shame on you, Pimsleur, for making us wait more than five years for the successor to this unparalleled introduction to Modern Hebrew. (more…)

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worth something like gold: Christian Management Report

Posted in clarity, reseña, tagged , , , on August 28, 2007| Leave a Comment »

If you’ve never stood and gaped at the periodicals section of a well-stocked Borders store or scanned an on-line list of periodicals, you may not be aware how astonishingly prolific is the publishing of niche magazines and journals. It is one of the too little celebrated marvels of the English-language editorial industry. (more…)

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brainy, shrewd, and accessible: Grove Ethics Series

Posted in denkschrift, reseña, tagged , , , on August 27, 2007| Leave a Comment »

Ridley College is an evangelically-inclined Anglican college that operates under the umbrella of the UK’s University of Cambridge. The College is also the sponsor of a vigorous menu of thoughtful booklets on ethics, worship, biblical studies and the like. (more…)

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When planespotters go to heaven, they receive a copy: Gunther Endres, Major Airlines of the World

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Author Günter Endres needs to get out more. (more…)

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strong, competent, no glitter: Bulletin for Biblical Research

Posted in denkschrift, reseña, tagged , , on August 27, 2007| Leave a Comment »

When an emerging generation of biblical scholars found themselves increasingly squeezed by what they perceived as the theological claustrophobia of the Evangelical Theological Society (ETS), the Institute for Biblical Research (IBR) was born to offer an alternative. While many of the IBR’s members continue to hold membership in the ETS, it is also true that many members opt instead to throw in their lot with the much broader Society of Biblical Literature (SBL). (more…)

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passionate about Hebrew language and literature: Hebrew Studies

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The University of Wisconsin at Madison has one of America’s most active Hebrew studies departments. One fruit of the scholarly activity that goes on there is Hebrew Studies with its telling subtitle: A Journal Devoted to Hebrew Language and Literature (more…)

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the Asian Paradise Flycatcher of bird books: Craig Robson, Birds of Thailand

Posted in fauna, reseña, tagged , , , , on August 27, 2007| Leave a Comment »

Birds of Thailand is the reason the prestige university press and its zero-tolerance approach to schlock products exists. Princeton University Press has done itself proud with this condensed and focused version of author Robson’s Birds of Southeast Asia. (more…)

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the long view: Stewart Wilson, Airliners of the World

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Books like Airliners of the World tend to take two forms. First, there is the coffee table book that’s heavy on the visuals but best eyeballed in your living room. Then there is the ‘field guide’ motif. This version is meant to leave home with you and to frequent air shows, airports, and the spectator area alongside some runways. (more…)

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Good enough to morph into a Princeton Field Guide: Ken Simpson, The Birds of Australia. A Book of Identification

Posted in reseña, tagged , , , on August 27, 2007| Leave a Comment »

Do you want the good news first, or the bad news?

Le’ts start with the bad: The Birds of Australia. A book of identification is no longer available in its original hardcover format with its beautifully illustrated birds and its handy bird-by-bird location map. (more…)

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

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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?’ (more…)

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