Loading...I’m gonna be in Charlottesville VA on Saturday March 21 to give a talk at the Virginia Festival of the Book for my then-about-to-be-released Love They Stranger. I’d love to have a blog dinner with any blog folk who happen to be around or, well, can get around.
I’ll probably start around 6:30 or so for drinks with whoever is interested in quenching thirst before satisfying hunger, with dinner at 7:15 or so. Location TBD.
You interested? I’ll limit the table to 8, me and the perfect number 7. For those who come there are no obligations other than:
-
- Being a blog member
- Showing up
- Talking
- Paying for whatever you ingest. (Whatever you exgest is free.)
If you’re interested, do NOT reply here as a comment. Send along an email at [email protected].
Hope some of you can come!
Dr Ehrman: an OT question for you …
I’m curious about the translation of the word for kill / murder in Hebrew. Most Bibles translate the word as “murder” for the sixth commandment (using the Protestant counting system). The NRSVUE does this, but then in the footnote it reads “or kill”.
Why is there not consensus on this word? Did Hebrew not differentiate between the words murder and kill (which are obviously not synonyms)?
Yes, the word could mean either thing, depending on its context. (Just as in English “kill” can mean “murder” but can mean other things as well)
As a low-level math nerd, I can’t help but point out that six is the perfect number (because the sum of all its factors – not counting itself, of course – is six), not seven.
Any plans to come to Mexico City? It will be great to have you here.
I’ve never been. I hear it’s fantastic!
Math nerd one, last supper Blog host, in stitches !