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The End of Biblical Studies.(Book review)
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September 1, 2008|
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The End of Biblical Studies
By Hector Avalos
(Prometheus, 2007)
399 pp.; $32.00
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SAY WHAT YOU WILL about ivory-tower intellectuals. Yes, they tend to obsess over esoteric obscurities. Sure, they sometimes lose sight of the practical applications originally envisioned by their supporters. But only a shameless, dyed-in-the-wool academic would have the coconuts to publicly proclaim his own professions irrelevancy, thus thumbing his nose at colleagues and benefactors alike. And perhaps only Hector Avalos, ...
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