A Red Herring

In order to facilitate my incremental return into the bogging sphere, I am attempting to post any and all cool/useful websites that I come across. Here is a fairly cool website on logical fallacies. Check it out here.

Oh, Snap!!

I saw this first on Justin Taylor's blog, Between Two Worlds. I think it is just a sweet little add-on for your blog. Basically, "Snap" is a visual pop-up that gives a preview of the linked - url whenever you move your mouse over it. Try it out. It took me about 3 mins to set-up, and that's it. Click here to get it started.

New book search engine

For all you bibliophiles out there, we have another great site for finding used, out of print, or rare books. Along with addall.com, we can search on bookfinder.com. I have found this espeacially useful in finding rarer commentaries and text monographs. Along with this, they also keep a running blog about rare or used book subjects. Check it out!!

Theopedia, dot cooooooooooooooooooooom

Recently, I stumbled upon a "proselytized" wikipedia, www.theopedia.com. This web site resembles the all the benefits, and the pitfalls, of the original wikipedia, just with a biblio-theological emphasis. You can still search, log-in, or edit to your heart's content. Though I cannot attest to its depth at this point, the shear potential for this site is amazing. Enjoy!

Some DSS and Some R-n-R

What do the Dead Sea Scrolls, Tov, and Chipotle Burritos have in common? Come on! This is an easy one! Simple, they all are on my agenda for my annual pilgrimage back home to Kansas City. I am so stoked for this trip and not just because of the burritos. For those who have not masticated on a Chipotle Burrito yet, trust me on this one, the trip would be worth just that.

"Well they're just old pieces of paper. What's the big deal about them?" This was the comment of my wife when she entertained the explanation for my Homeresque, "Wahoo!" when I heard the good news about the DSS sabbatical in KCMO. Needless to say, my response to her was not the most amicable. After assuring her I would not divorce her for such a statement, I attempted to present some superficial analogy that would give her some insight into my queer hobby. When this failed, the classical tautological response, "It is what it is," was issued as to stifle any further resurgence of such no-sensical ramblings of a non-OT scholar.

Anyway, here is the link for those who will be in KCMO between February 8 and May 13, 2007 and have not see the scrolls before or for those who want to hear one of the lectures. I will be there on February 20 to listen to Emanuel Tov lecture on The Dead Sea Scrolls and the New Testament.