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Five books on the Bible meme

By ElShaddai Edwards | Published: June 26, 2009
Having been MIA when this meme originally made the rounds, I’ll thank John at Ancient Hebrew Poetry for including me on a “who’s still missing” list. The meme asks that we “name the five books (or scholars) that had the most immediate and lasting influence on how you read the Bible. Note that these need [...]
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Lecher or lover: how do you live the Bible?

By ElShaddai Edwards | Published: April 10, 2009
With a huge HT to Rick at This Lamp, I’ve been reading Eugene Peterson’s Eat This Book: A Conversation in the Art of Spiritual Reading and have found it captivating, at least the early chapters that I’ve been through. With the title taken from John’s experience of eating the scroll in Revelation 10, Peterson’s essential premise [...]
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Neal Stephenson: Anathem

By ElShaddai Edwards | Published: April 6, 2009
In lieu of a more formal book review, here is my capsule summary: “In response to the sudden appearance of extraterrestrial visitors, philo-math monks gather together to discuss multi-state causal consciousness models as a outflow of quantum mechanics.” Sound interesting? Anathem is a great book and I highly recommend it if you like mathematics, philosophy, Neal Stephenson, [...]
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Kindle: reading, bookmarking and PDFs

By ElShaddai Edwards | Published: January 6, 2009
I‘ve purchased a few titles now and have been reading regularly now that I’m back in my daily “work” routine and not on holiday vacation. I typically ride the metro bus to/from work, which means at least 30 minutes of uninterrupted reading (or nap) time each way! Titles I’ve purchased: KJV Bible NET Bible (Noteless) Star Wars: Legacy of [...]
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The “123″ book meme

By ElShaddai Edwards | Published: November 9, 2008
James tagged me with the “123″ book meme. He says that I am “supposed to pick up the nearest book, turn to page 123, find the fifth sentence, and post the three sentences after that.” Ironically, the closest book is in a stack that I haven’t given any attention to since I put them down by [...]
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