Antiquitopia

James McGrath has noted that Trinity College Dublin has digitized and placed the Book of Kells online.  You can see it here .

The Chronicle of Higher Education has released its " Great Colleges to Work For 2013 " guide, and my new institution this fall, University of Mississippi, made their " Honor Roll ," that is, the top ten in its category (as a large 4-year university).  They received the honor roll for good ratings in the following categories: Collaborative Governance; Confidence in Senior Leadership; Facilities, Workspace, and Security; Job Satisfaction; Professional/Career Development Programs; Respect and Appreciation; Supervisor or Department Chair Relationship; Tenure Clarity and Process; Work/Life Balance. Areas where they did not score as highly include:  Compensation and Benefits; Diversity; Teaching Environment. Congratulations to Ole Miss for doing so well.  

Evidently, anyway.  According to a Huffington Post article focusing on how Polish exorcists have been worried about Madonna, it mentions that requests for exorcists and, evidently, for Catholic clergy to receive exorcism training is on the rise not only in Eastern Europe, but also in the U.S.  I wonder why there is such an upsurge in interest?

Larry Hurtado notes here that my late advisor's first book, Two Powers in Heaven, is now being re-printed by Baylor University Press at an affordable cost. Here is the blurb on BUP's site: In his now classic   Two Powers in Heaven , Alan Segal examines rabbinic evidence about early manifestations of the "two powers" heresy within Judaism. Segal sheds light upon the development of and relationships among early Christianity, Gnosticism, and Merkabah mysticism and demonstrates that belief in the "two powers in heaven" was widespread by the first century, and may have been a catalyst for the Jewish rejection of early Christianity. An important addition to New Testament and Gnostic scholarship by this much revered scholar, Segal's   Two Powers in Heaven   is made available once again for a new generation.