Monthly Archives: October 2009

Koine Greek

  Septuaginta (Greek Edition) Greek-English Lexicon of the Septuagint The Apostolic Fathers: Greek Texts and English Translations Koine Greek Reader: Selections from the New Testament, Septuagint, and Early Christian Writers A Reader’s Greek New Testament: 2nd Edition Basics of Biblical … Continue reading

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Google Book Search

from: http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/business/companies/google_inc/google_book_search/index.html?inline=nyt-org Judge Chin also echoed comments made by the Justice Department last week that the settlement, if properly revised, could offer great benefits, most notably, by providing broad access to to millions of out-of-print books that are largely locked … Continue reading

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The English Patient

A sri-lankan (Michael Ondaatje)  living in Canada writes about an hungarian educated in Britain that lives by the words of a Greek in the North African desert

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Amazing Grace Lyrics

John Newton (1725-1807) Stanza 6 anon.

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ex patria

There are more Irish in New York City than in Dublin, Ireland; more Italians in New York City than in Rome, Italy; and more Jews in New York City than in Tel Aviv, Israel. The term ‘The Big Apple’ was … Continue reading

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Antarctica

Antarctica is the only land on our planet that is not owned by any country.

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The Amazon

The  Amazon rainforest produces more than 20% the world’s oxygen  supply.

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The art of war of Sun Tzu

The art of war, then, is governed by five constant factors, to be taken into account in one’s deliberations, when seeking to determine the conditions obtaining in the field. These are: (1) The Moral Law; (2) Heaven; (3) Earth; (4) … Continue reading

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The Bat and the Weasels

A Bat who fell upon the ground and was caught by a Weasel pleaded to be spared his life. The Weasel refused, saying that he was by nature the enemy of all birds. The Bat assured him that he was … Continue reading

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Ode to Autumn

John Keats (1795-1821) TO AUTUMN.

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