My father-in-law gave me a Swedish Bible! That's so cool! (No, I don't read Swedish, but I still think it's cool.)

While perusing the book to see what else is in it, I came across something that didn't fit my list of common Bible addenda (table of weights and measures, maps, glossaries, etc.). It was entitled Kristi lidandes historia, utdragen ( Read more... )

( I can grant that not everyone needs to be deeply interested in history... )

I have passed my general exams. They are over, and I am grateful.

( More details on the shape of the exam are behind the lj-cut... )

I have not posted since September, and have only really read the posts on one occasion since the last post, because I have been Studying For Generals. (Okay, last term I also had to take a last class, so I took "Introduction to the Islamic Scholarly Tradition," also known as reading Arabic Muslim scholarship from the Middle Ages to the present; it ( Read more... )

(N.B. This post has nothing to do with Aryan anything, Hitler, white supremacy, or other such topics, but rather with the fourth-century heresy.)

( So I had an interesting conversation yesterday... )

( More manuscripts! )

Now that I'm back, here are more highlights of playing with manuscripts.
( I disclaim all responsibility for mental aberrations derived from reading about Syriac manuscripts... )

( Warning: Severe manuscript nerdiness ahead! Enter at your own risk! )

So, we've spent one night in Oxford, seven in Berlin, four in Paris, seven in Cambridge, and now we're back in Oxford until returning home this week. I've obtained reader cards to two new libraries, and renewed my reader cards to two other libraries. We've stayed in a shiny modern hotel (Berlin), a quaint old hotel (Paris), a 16th C college ( Read more... )

Okay, I do have a bit of time, so here is a sketch. I could add more exegetical detail, but if I did, I wouldn't finish until after I returned from Europe, if ever.

So for those who are interested: ( Read about my views of Peter, popes, churches, and the Church )