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The Names of God in the Greek New Testament: Understanding Divine Names Across Languages

Posted on July 27, 2025 by nathanalbright

[Note:  The following is the prepared text for a sermon message given to The Dalles congregation of the United Church of God on Sabbath, July 26, 2025.] Introduction When we open our New Testament, we encounter the profound reality that … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Farsi Dictionary & Phrasebook

Posted on May 3, 2024 by nathanalbright

Farsi Dictionary & Phrasebook, by Nicholas Awde & Camilla Shahribaf This book is a short book that lives up to its authors goals, and is part of a larger set of materials designed to help English speakers to read, speak, … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Long Live Latin

Posted on October 16, 2020 by nathanalbright

Long Live Latin: The Pleasures Of A Useless Language, by Nicola Gardini This is a book written by someone who, like many classicists, is greatly interested in the Latin language and desirous to interest other people in so being as … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Klengen Dictionnare: Fransceich-Letzebuergesch

Posted on July 19, 2020 by nathanalbright

Klengen Dictionnare: Fransceich-Letzebuergesch, by Actioun-Lezebuergesch One can learn a fair amount about a language by looking at its dictionaries.  This dictionary generally begins with the French and then contains the equivalent word or expression in Luxembourgish.  This is unsurprising given … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Lëtzebuergesch fir all Dag. Lektiounen 9-16

Posted on July 19, 2020 by nathanalbright

Lëtzebuergesch fir all Dag. Lektiounen 9-16, by  Guy Bentner & Frederic Noens One of the interesting aspects of seeing material like this is the way that in a rather small number of lessons (16), the authors assume that the reader … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Lëtzebuergesch fir all Dag. Lektiounen 1-8

Posted on July 19, 2020 by nathanalbright

Lëtzebuergesch fir all Dag. Lektiounen 1-8, by  Guy Bentner & Frederic Noens It is difficult to figure out who exactly this book is for.  The fact that I am reading it and enjoyed the book and what it had to … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Collins’ Portuguese Dictionary & Grammar

Posted on February 8, 2020 by nathanalbright

Collins’ Portuguese Dictionary & Grammar It’s good to have a useful dictionary.  As a child, I was made fun of for reading dictionaries, a habit I have continued well into my adulthood, but those who make fun of those who … Continue reading →

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Book Review: 501 Portuguese Verbs

Posted on February 8, 2020 by nathanalbright

501 Portuguese Verbs, by John J. Nitti and Michael J. Ferreira I love random verb lists and other types of word lists [1], perhaps more than most people.  So when I say that this book is precisely the sort of … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Language Hacking: French

Posted on September 13, 2019 by nathanalbright

Language Hacking:  French, by Benny Lewis I must admit that I find learning about languages to be a deeply interesting thing [1]. and as I am going to some Caribbean islands, a few of which speak French rather than English, … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Figures & Figurations

Posted on March 13, 2019 by nathanalbright

Figures And Figurations, by Octavio Paz and Marie Josè Paz, translted by Eliot Weinberger This is an odd book, but it is odd in a good way and not a bad way, a way that is intriguing and not a … Continue reading →

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