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I had some time this morning. It’s patched from an earlier applet. As long as you only open Chapters 1 and/or 2 it should work:

Ruth Vocabulary Applet

I created an XML file with the vocabulary words from Ruth 1 (I didn’t update the applet because I’m using a new version of Java and I seem to be missing a module–and I didn’t have time to track down the deprecated missing module).

If you’ve downloaded and installed the vocabulary program, you can add these words.  I didn’t have time to make an installer, so here are the manual instructions:

1. Download this file: ruth.xml
2. Copy it to your c:/Program Files/Flash Card Program/  directory (If you are using Vista, it will complain, want to make sure that you are an administrator, then complain “Are you sure?”–keep choosing “Continue”.
3. Run Flash Card Program.
4. Choose File->Open
5. Choose “ruth.xml”

Hopefully it should work . . .

Every year I look forward to Eisenbrauns’s April 1st catalog. Here are a few selections:

Hostess of Heaven
A Critical Reading (with Recipes) from the Book of Jeremiah

by T. Winke
Translated by A.P. Ril
Winged Bull Press, 2008
200 looseleaf pages + b/w photos, English
Cloth, 8.5 x 11 inches
ISBN: APRIL2008E
List Price: $99.00
Your Price: $89.10
www.eisenbrauns.com/wconnect/wc.dll?ebGate~EIS~~I~APRIL2008E

Description

T. Winke advances the theory that the “Queen of Heaven” in the book of Jeremiah is not the Host, but actually the Hostess of Heaven. After a close reading of the text, the conclusion is drawn that the host of heaven is actually a misreading, and it is, rather, the blueprint for a party, and that the description of the “cakes” in chapters 7 and 44 is intended as a serving suggestion.

To back up this novel theory, T. Winke has compiled over 55 recipes he believes are “coded” into the book, the most notable being the recipe for a cream-filled pastry in the form of a cylinder, flat on one side, and said to have an indefinite shelf life.

Additional items include a pattern for a Hostess of Heaven apron and a Host of Heaven oven mitt. There is some evidence that these items were sold at in-home parties by hostesses who then tried to recruit party-goers to host other parties. T.Winke opines that this may be the blueprint for current pyramid scheme marketing that many companies are now pursuing. He cautions that a biblical endorsement of this scheme cannot be discerned.

Cuneiform type elements for the IBM Selectric

by A.P. Ril
Winged Bull Press, 2008
Akkadian, Sumerian, and Babylonian

ISBN: APRIL2008B
List Price: $600.00
Your Price: $540.00
www.eisenbrauns.com/wconnect/wc.dll?ebGate~EIS~~I~APRIL2008B

Nuzi and the Hurrians
Greatest Hits Collection

Winged Bull Press, 2008
Hurrian
CD-ROM
ISBN: APRIL2008D
List Price: $19.98
Your Price: $17.98
www.eisenbrauns.com/wconnect/wc.dll?ebGate~EIS~~I~APRIL2008D

Description

Now with all the hits:

Hurrian Slow
Sweet Home Anatolia
Amarna Letters (Made You Cry)
Mari, Mari, Quite Contrari
Ya Had Me at Yamhad
Knock, knocking on Hatti’s door

… and all the Songs of Ullikumi!

This rare collection was recently uncovered in a controlled archaeological dig, so there is no doubt of its authenticity! Nuzi fans will definitely want to complete their collection with this digitally remastered* compilation!

Also available on vinyl LP, 8-track, and clay tablet.

Look for Nuzi and the Hurrians this Spring, on tour with The Mesopotamians.

*The scribe managed to get all five fingers into the transcription.

By popular request, I’ve started reposting some of the old stuff that used to be on this blog.  I’ll start with a Learning Languages section.  Right now, I’ve put together a Syriac Resources page.  Currently you can find the link to it in the menu bar and the side bar.  I’ll probably consolidate the links soon.

You are welcome to suggest other resources.

Enjoy!

This has been floating around for awhile, so I don’t know whom to attribute it to. Nevertheless, since we are covering Judges 14 (reason #5) in class, I thought I’d repost it:

Top 15 Biblical Ways to Find a Wife

15. Find an attractive prisoner of war, bring her home, shave her head, trim her nails, and give her new clothes. Then she’s yours. — (Deuteronomy 21:11-13)

14. Find a prostitute and marry her. — Hosea (Hosea 1:1-3)

13. Find a man with seven daughters, and impress him by watering his flock. — Moses (Exodus 2:16-21)

12. Purchase a piece of property, and get a woman as part of the deal. — Boaz (Ruth 4:5-10)

11. Go to a party and hide. When the women come out to dance, grab one and carry her off to be your wife. — Benjaminites (Judges 21:19-25)

10. Have God create a wife for you while you sleep. Note: this will cost you a rib. — Adam (Genesis 2:19-24)

9. Agree to work seven years in exchange for a woman’s hand in marriage. Get tricked into marrying the wrong woman. Then work another seven years for the woman you wanted to marry in the first place. That’s right. Fourteen years of toil for a woman. — Jacob (Genesis 29:15-30)

8. Cut off 200 foreskins off of your future father-in-law’s enemies and get his daughter for a wife. — David (I Samuel 18:27)

7. Even if no one is out there, just wander around a bit and you’ll definitely find someone. (It’s all relative of course.) — Cain (Genesis 4:16-17)

6. Become the emperor of a huge nation and hold a beauty contest. — Xerxes or Ahasuerus (Esther 2:3-4)

5. When you see someone you like, go home and tell your parents, “I have seen a …woman; now get her for me.” If your parents question your decision, simply say, “Get her for me. She’s the one for me.” — Samson (Judges 14:1-3)

4. Kill any husband and take HIS wife. (Prepare to lose your son though). — David (2 Samuel 11)

3. Wait for your brother to die. Take his widow. (It’s not just a good idea, it’s the law). — Onan and Boaz (Deuteronomy or Leviticus, example in Ruth)

2. Don’t be so picky. Make up for quality with quantity. — Solomon (1 Kings 11:1-3)

1. A wife?…NOT!!! — Paul (1 Corinthians 7:32-35)

It’s time for my class’s second midterm. Here are two PowerPoints I made giving tips on parsing perfects and imperfects (since we only made it to Hiphil, there are no Hophal or Hitpael in the PowerPoints–but those aren’t difficult any way). As with all my stuff, if you find an error and you live locally, email me, and I’ll reward you with a candy bar.

At the end of the Imperfect PowerPoint, I added sections from last year’s midterm so you can practice. I hope they still are helpful without my live running commentary on them.

I’ve yet to find any easy way to distribute these. I’ve converted them to PDFs which are more versatile than PowerPoint shows. However, PDFs do lose the animation that is so nice in PowerPoint; you can’t test yourself when everything appears on the page at once.

• Parsing Perfects
• Parsing Imperfects

Here is the handout that the “Parsing Imperfects” PowerPoint evolved from: Parsing Notes