Exciting news - the Classics Department at Holy Cross is running a search for a TT Assistant Professor who specializes in ancient Mediterranean cultures and languages beyond Greece and Rome, beginning Fall 2024. Ad below, please share widely:
https://t.co/6uQrkznvIz
It’s pedagogy month at AJR! From Marc Brettler: "Many students...are frightened away by our courses that teach the Bible or other religious texts from a critical perspective. What might we do?” Go to Monopoly, he says.
https://t.co/qjgBEjgmXX
Incredible news for Julia Osęka @PolishedJulia and @saintjosephs.
Julia was selected as one of two young adult US delegates at the October Synod in Rome!!
https://t.co/b90Tht4Gf9
"May these things never end:
The sand and the sea,
The rush of the waters,
The crash of the heavens,
The prayer of humankind."
(lyrics by Hannah Senesh)
It is the middle of the festival of booths, or Sukkot.
The festival has 2 main practices associated with it: the building of a booth/Sukkah, & the shaking of four species (citron, palm, myrtle, & willow).
How did these become the main practices of the holiday?
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