by Tony W. Cartledge | Nov 26, 2017 | Opinion
One of the more interesting books I picked up at the Society of Biblical Literature meeting is a new one by Richard Elliott Friedman, a professor of Jewish studies and Hebrew Bible at the University of Georgia. Friedman does the best job of anyone I know in explaining...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Nov 19, 2017 | Opinion
Sunday at the annual Society of Biblical Literature meeting as a day of learning on many counts. If you’re curious about things biblical and archaeological, keep reading … Rather than reviewing all of the (sometimes) fascinating sessions I attended and...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Nov 18, 2017 | Opinion
The annual Society of Biblical Literature (SBL) meeting offers an opportunity to hear from a broad variety of scholars addressing hundreds of topics serving an overflowing smorgasbord of interests. Sessions relate to every conceivable part of the Bible, along with...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Nov 17, 2017 | Opinion
An old saying claims “What you don’t know can’t hurt you,” which is manifestly false, as anyone who’s stepped in a hole they didn’t know was there can attest. What you don’t know can also slow you down and generally wreck your...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Oct 30, 2017 | Opinion
Day in and day out, I putter in my Prius like geezer, trying to break the 70 miles per gallon barrier. Every now and then, though, a man needs to be near some real horsepower. Welcome to truck racing. Thanks to my friend David Daly, I recently spent a day at the...
