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Personal: Reading List 2009-2010 School Year; Back Home

Aug 18, 2010 14:29

Reading List 2009-2010 School Year:

Note: This is the attempt to revive an old habit of tracking my reading. I had thought that the " books" link on the journal would be sufficient for this, but a few times now when I've tried to use that to backtrack when I was reading a certain book... well, it's just a bit much to sort through. So I thought I ( Read more... )

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odes of solomon seraphimsigrist August 18 2010, 19:52:32 UTC

is that commentary on the odes of solomon a new one?
is it interesting? the last thing I got on them...
I think it was by...charlesworth is it the fella from
princeton, or maybe Im confused, was boring and useless
as far as I could see.

Re: odes of solomon novak August 19 2010, 04:28:48 UTC

The Odes commentary is quite new - just out last year, I think, and is way more exhaustive than any other resource on the text I've yet to hear of. Charlesworth is the most regular publisher on the text, and his new popular edition of them is quite attractive: I hope it gets the Odes into more people's hands. That has a good introduction, which can be skipped, and then keeps the scholarly paraphernalia to a minimum.

wildhunter August 18 2010, 20:08:14 UTC

Always a fan of Patrick O'Brian...though I prefer Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe series. Anything J. Riley-Smith writes is pretty much golden.

novak August 19 2010, 04:22:22 UTC

Hey John. I've heard of the Sharpe series, although more from hearing of my Mom's enthusiasm for the television adaptation, I think. I'd love to wander through one of Riley-Smith's full Crusade histories at some point. Any recommendations?

wildhunter August 21 2010, 05:29:30 UTC

The television series is wonderful, and perhaps better than the books .
The Crusades: A History is probably a good place to start.

novak August 19 2010, 04:30:31 UTC

Angie Brunner DeWeese commented on your post.

Angie wrote:
"Ohhh...I tracked my book reading (by hand) for nearly 8 years; then moved to live journal. But I have fallen behind, and now find myself reluctant to begin again, knowing some have been forgotten. Silly, I need to restart."

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