Loading...Now HERE is a happy announcement.
I will be giving lectures on a tour to my favorite place in the known universe, Tuscany, on October 21-29, 2022. That is, in less than five months. WHOA! Wanna come?
It will be a small group (no more than 18 folk, I should think), we will be spending time in Florence (which has more culture per square foot than anywhere in the cosmos); Siena (which I like even better); and surrounding towns/villages (that take your breath away).
In addition to the lectures, I’ll be hanging out with the people who come, day and night. A good bit of that time will involve pizza, pasta, gelato, and, for those inclined, some of the best wines in the history of the planet.
This is with Thalassa tours. Interested? Here is the brochure. Check it out: just click on it and you’ll get the full scoop. And any questions, let me know.
What a good time that is going to be! I feel that I can absolutely guarantee it, having been on one such
trip with Professor Ehrman.
Hey, as in the Christian tradition, you can come again!
I went on a tour of Italy last year with Dr. Ehrman and a group from UNC and it was wonderful–highly recommended!
You thought the tastes of Northern Italy were amazing! Try Tuscany!!
Bart, something weird is happening right now with the site wide search but I also found a way to fix it.
I did a search just now that returned no results, even though it should have.
However, I found that if I manually removed the part of the address that says “&p_asp_data=1” (which sets a variable called p_asp_data to the value 1; what p_asp_data might mean I dare not speculate), then it worked again.
That’s all I know. Your technical crew should know what to do with this information.
I”m not sure what problem you were having? When I click on teh magnifying glass in the upper right corner and type in a word, it will show me every post that contains the word. Is that not happening with you?
I don’t see a magnifying glass. I see a box with the word “Search…” and a button next to it marked “All”. But regardless, the answer is no, it doesn’t, currently, show me every post that contains that word.
Perhaps it will help if I give some examples.
If I search for “God”, I get 3 pages of results (there are 20 results per page, so 3 pages means between 60 and 80 results). However, if I remove the “&p_asp_data=1” from the address, I get 179 pages of results.
If I search for “philemon”, I get 2 pages of results, but if I remove the “&p_asp_data=1” I get 4 pages of results.
If I search for “delegation”, I get no results at all, but if I remove the “&p_asp_data=1” I get one result: “How the “Delay” of the End (Jesus’ Return) Affected Paul’s Communities” (May 18th, 2021).
When you’re in a post, on the top of the blog page you whould see a black strip with my name BDEhrman in white, next to it on the right a small square head shot of me, and next to that something that looks like a magnifying glass. No? If not, which web browser are you using? Why don’t you write me an email about it and I can send you on to someone who can figure it out for you. When I search for “God” I get 178 *pages* of comments….
Sure, I could send an email if it’s likely to help, perhaps with some screenshots attached, though I don’t expect to get around to it today. I also want to emphasise that I wouldn’t bother pursuing this for my own benefit, but if a technical issue is affecting me then it is doubtless affecting other blog members, so I’m willing to pursue it for them.
No one else has ever mentioned it to my knowledge.
For what it’s worth, I’m with apmorgan. No magnifying glass either on any post/article page or on the blog’s gateway page (ehrmanblog.org). Never has been. Just a “Search…” box to the left of an “All” button, both to the left of the “upgrade” button at the top of any given page.
There is no “BDEhrman in white” on any page.
No difference whether I access the blog via Safari, Firefox or Chrome, nor whether via desktop (iMac or Dell [WINDOWS]) or my iPhone.
I’ve been a member for many years. The search function worked quite well in the mid-teens (when, obviously, there were fewer cumulative posts). But I gave up using the search box a few years ago because “it” failed to cough up data which I KNOW had been posted previously, and which in fact I’d previously accessed successfully. Thanks.
GIve me an example of something you search for that you know is there and can’t find, and I’ll give it a shot on my end.
Professor Ehrman, do you have plans for similar tours in the coming few years?
I would love to go, but will not have leave (sabbatical) to do so until summer and fall of 2023.
It would be great to be able to plan ahead.
BTW, I’m a new subscriber to your blog and am enjoying your lecture series on Wondrium (“The Historical Jesus,” “How Jesus Became God,” and “The Triumph of Christianity”).
Thanks for the essential light you shine on history and religion!
Nothing planned yet, but I should think I’ll be doing more anon.
Hi Bart
I’m writing from here in Guilford (just south of Brattleboro) Vermont.
Since you’re going on October —and since we’re actually south of Florence—
maybe you should consider rescheduling the tour to hereabouts.
What’d you think?
Well, the flight plan might get messed up, so it’s possible.
Have heaps of fun Bart and friends!
I’m interested in the subject of slavery in antiquity, and who, if anyone, condemned the practice.
From what I understand the Stoics spoke out a bit about this (Diogenes), and there’s a passage in Nehemiah where he speaks out against rich Israelites owning poor Israelites. Are there other, clearer examples, or would you mind commenting on this? Thanks!
I don’t know of anyone who condemned the practice per se, in Greek and Roman philosophy, Hebrew Bible, early Judaism, or early Christianity. Diogenes himself was actually a Cynic (not a philosopher), and I don’t believe he ever condemned literal slavery. He *did* mock people who were “enslaved” to their possessions. One of the most famous Stoics was Epictetus; he too never condemns slavery even though he had been one! (His master was a freedman who had been the secretary for Nero)
I’m very interested and in fact called Thalassa for some information. Can I ask….I assume you will be giving informal/?formal lectures throughout the trip? Our Guide of sorts?
Yup! Formal lectures and hanging out with everyone the whole time, talking about whatever suits the fancy!
Bart…. Just found out this trip with Thalassa is canceled. My wife and I called today to book it. I would really have enjoyed going with you.
I just found out today too! I was a bit surprised — but they didn’t think they’d get enough participants.