Monthly Archives: February 2019

1 Corinthians 14:34-35: Let [Your] Women Keep Silent: Part One

Posted on February 11, 2019 by nathanalbright

Last week, my mother sent me the link to a video about Silent Women from a biblical commentator that I had never heard of but whose reasoning about the passage of 1 Corinthians 14:34-35 was sound.  She had received it … Continue reading →

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Sometimes Quantity Is Its Own Quality

Posted on February 11, 2019 by nathanalbright

From time to time I find myself somewhat amazed on social media at the amount of people who want to be connected to me.  There are some people (I may be considered among them) who are friend collectors who like … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Uninve$ted

Posted on February 11, 2019 by nathanalbright

Uninve$ted:  How Wall Street Hijacks Your Money & How To Fight Back, by Bobby Monks with Justin Jaffe and Bree LaCasse It is striking and remarkable that in reading a book that I thought would complement what I had been … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Bogleheads’ Guide To Investing

Posted on February 11, 2019 by nathanalbright

The Bogleheads’ Guide To Investing, by Mel Lindauer, Taylor Larimore, and Michael LeBoeuf Reading this book, which took months to arrive through all of the previous readers who put it on hold in the library, prompted me to ask a … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Bogle On Mutual Funds

Posted on February 11, 2019 by nathanalbright

Bogle On Mutual Funds:  New Perspectives For The Intelligent Investor, by John C. Bogle As someone who is pretty familiar with the author’s books [1], this book was a pretty obvious choice to read.  As someone who enjoys Bogle’s perspective, … Continue reading →

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Moses And The Burning Bush: A Commentary With Digressions

Posted on February 10, 2019 by nathanalbright

Last Sabbath I made a promise to one of the students in my Sabbath School class to write a commentary as is my usual fashion for Sabbath School, since I will be gone when the lesson is supposed to be … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Made-Up Self

Posted on February 10, 2019 by nathanalbright

The Made-Up Self:  Impersonation In The Personal Essay, by Carl H. Klaus In many ways, this is the sort of effort that could only be in an age as obsessed with irony and meta-analysis as our own is.  To wit, … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Essayists On The Essay

Posted on February 10, 2019 by nathanalbright

Essayists On The Essay: Montaigne To Our Time, edited by Carl H. Klaus and Ned Stuckey-French As an essayist, I find it somewhat striking that I have long written essays without stopping to think about what other essayists have said … Continue reading →

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Essayism: On Form, Feeling, And Nonfiction

Posted on February 10, 2019 by nathanalbright

On Form, Feeling, And Nonfiction, by Brian Dillon When it comes to reading a book like this, you really have to care what the author has to say, and that was not always the case for me.  To be sure, … Continue reading →

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Paul In 1 Corinthians: A Case Study Of The Genre of Responsa

Posted on February 9, 2019 by nathanalbright

In order to properly interpret the Bible, it is necessary to understand what genre the Bible is operating in.  If we view the Gospels as myths, for example, we will fail to take into account the historical truth they present … Continue reading →

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