Tag: Travel
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Finland: Work, Eat, Play in Helsinki
At the beginning of 2018, I received an email from a professor I had never met before (Prof. Hannes Bezzel). He kindly considered my published dissertation “an important monograph” on the subject of “prophecy and foreign nations,” so he invited me to present a paper at the EABS conference held in Helsinki in August, 2018.…
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Indonesia: Work, Eat, Pray in Malang
Attending the Seventh Biennial Society of Asian Biblical Studies (SABS) Conference in the city Malang in Indonesia was a mind-blowing experience. The conference was held at the Catholic Seminary STFT Widya Sasana and lasted from the 16th to the 20th of July, 2018. About 88 biblical researchers from around the world (mainly from Asia) flocked…
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News: Chinese Tourists Arrested in Germany after Making Hitler Salutes in Front of Reichstag
Breaking News from Haaretz:
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Austria: Salzburg Carnival/Salzburger Fasnacht
The European history never ceases to surprise me. Based on the information presented at the museum of Schloss Hellbrunn. I found out how some 17th century Europeans entertained themselves with their animals.
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Austria: A Wonderful Summer School in Salzburg
Prof. Kristin De Troyer held a fantastic summer school on the Hebrew and Greek manuscripts of Esther at the theological faculty of the University of Salzburg between the 3rd and 7th of July, 2017. I consider myself luckly to have been selected as one of the eleven participants from around the world. A knowledgeable teacher…
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Germany: Berlin, a City That Looks Back at the Past to Reinvent Itself in the Present
Berlin, the capital city of modern Germany, has an intriguing history. A. 1200-1400 The Slavs who originally inhabited the region called it berl “swamp,” which sounded similar to the German Bär “bear.” Coincidentally, the first Margrave of Brandenburg Albrecht I was nicknamed “the Bear.” Therefore, it is not surprisng that the image of a standing…
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Israel: Jerusalem of Gold (ירושׁלים שׁל זהב)
Last week was not my first time to visit the Old City in Jerusalem. Still, the city does not cease to enchant me with its timeless beauty… Stepping on the well worn stones dated to the Roman period… Being surrounded by the colorful scarves and blouses hanging out from the stalls…
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Presentation: Nations in the Book of Ezekiel
During my last week flight from Frankfurt to Chicago, I watched the movie Where do we go now? by Nadine Labaki on the plane. [You may see the official trailer in the following link: It narrates how two groups of people, Christians and Muslims live together, side by side, in an anonymous village in a…
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Presentation: The ‘Ethnic’ History of Israel in Ezekiel 20
‘The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought, and attended to my answer.’ — Henry David Thoreau Believe it or not, I love going to academic conferences! There’s no doubt about that, even though at the end of each conference I am pretty much exhausted and need…
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Presentation: Göttingen-Lausanne Graduate Meeting
Recently attended an awesomely-packed graduate meeting in Lausanne! Here were some of the highlights: