Monthly Archives: July 2009

The Bible through literary eyes

I remember a joke that my recently retired colleague Jacob Needleman once said about a cutting edge new course that was being developed: “The Bible as Religious Text”! Well, here’s the opposite. A very nice presentation by Robert Alter (UC … Continue reading

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Just around the corner?

Death is just around the corner (seriously? seriously!). SF Gate’s Mark Morford has a hilarious (?) take on the looming disasters coming at us each news cycle.

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Embracing the end of life

I’m looking forward to forming a reading group next semester on the topic of death and immortality. This summer I’m slowly gathering titles to review for the reading list that students and I will finalize in the fall. (If you’d … Continue reading

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