Female biblical scholars meme

There is a tricky meme going round at the moment asking bibliobloggers to list the five most influential female scholars in their field. This is comparatively easy for me, since I am working on one of the books that most naturally draws female interest, so without too much thought I would say:
1. Ellen Davis [...]

The internet has got another think coming

Among the many things that frequently cause me anything from minor irritation to outright fury on the internet is the misuse of the expression ‘If you think that, you’ve got another think coming’ replacing the second ‘think’ with the meaningless ‘thing.’ What other thing is coming?
Language Log quotes from the OED to determine the [...]

Tagged

Some time ago, Mandy tagged me in a meme to post “that verse or story of scripture which is important to you, which you find yourself re-visiting time after time”.
Hard to choose just one. There are passages that I naturally turn to for comfort, for encouragement, for inspiration, for clarification. I’m enormously grateful [...]