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congrats to john hobbins

The “Ancient Hebrew Poetry” guy has hit one million visits.  And little wonder–he’s producing some good stuff.  Reflecting upon the first three years of his blog, he says, It is the case that it takes a special kind of arrogance to express one’s point of view online. It’s a rough neighborhood in which to wander, [...]
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israel finkelstein, khirbet qeiyafa, king david, ancient hebrew poetry

John Hobbins has written a series of articles arguing that the findings at Khirbet Qeiyafa are evidence against the theory that David and Solomon were kings of tiny little areas.  They are entitled “Finkelstein on Khirbet Qeiyafa,” “Public building in the early monarchic period of a polity named Israel,” “Khirbet Qeiyafa:  The Kiss of Death [...]
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john hobbins strikes again on education

Never one to cringe in the politically correct, John Hobbins has articulated what some of us have known for a while now:  the public school system discriminates against male students.  And he backs up his reasoning with studies that say the same thing.  Although our approaches to dealing with the issue are probably different (he’d [...]
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i hate not simply fitting into simple categories

And when he attempted to speak in the Hebrew tongue unto them, they silenced him, that he might say nothing further, for he vocalized badly. – (not Acts 2:22) No.  I really don’t hate it.  It makes things more interesting.  What I’m referring to is John Hobbin’s recent suggestion that bibliobloggers be divided into categories [...]
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a challenging post on the importance of being earnest . . .

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corruption in lamentations 3:51?

I read this earlier today, by John Hobbins, about Lamentations 3:51. Before I go on to share my doubts about what the author is proposing, let me say first that I fully realize that he is an expert in biblical Hebrew, and I am not by any stretch of the imagination. But my objection to [...]
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an interesting discussion of authorship

One of the things we must consistently deal with in the Biblical text is authorship. When it comes to Bible text, there are some anonymous books and then certain books which claim a particular author. For example, all the letters of Paul, with the possible exception of Hebrew, indicate Paul as their author. As a [...]
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