>I have not written a post to the blog since last week. Here at Northern Seminary we are on the quarter system. This means that we are coming to the end of the Winter quarter. The end of the quarter means reading papers and doing all the things that must be done before the last week of classes.
In addition, I have to prepare for the Spring quarter. In the Spring I will be teaching a new course online. Since this is my first experience with online classes, I have to make more preparation that usual. For this reason, I have been reading new material, designing the structure for the online classes at the same time I am finishing my Winter classes.
I will not be able to publish a new post until Thursday. After that, I hope to be able to post regularly. Until then, thank you for your patience.
Claude Mariottini
Professor of Old Testament
Northern Baptist Seminary
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Dr. Claude Mariottini - Professor of Old Testament 
>As for entertaining us, your blog readers, is hardly your primary responsibility, we are of course grateful whenever you post one of your excellent posts.As for regularity of posts, in many cases it is over-rated. And most bloggers don’t post so often anyway.Quality over quantity, I say.Chuck Grantham
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>Chuck,Thank you for your words of encouragement. I write my blog because I love the Old Testament and because I love teaching the Old Testament to others. If after reading my blog people develop a deeper appreciation for the Old Testament, then I know that I have reached my goal.Since I am a professor and a pastor, my time is very limited. I wish I could write a new post every day, but the truth is that I have to write whenever I find some free time, which most often, it is very limited.Thank you for reading what I write.Claude Mariottini
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>Claude,You post far more often than my younger pastor, who is not also a professor. Of course, he does have two small children, and us “adult” church members to deal with.Come to think of it, you post more original material than I do!Keep writing, I’ll keep reading!Chuck Grantham
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>Dr. Mariottini,We would be happy to forego writing the last paper for Former Prophets in order to give you more time to blog.Sincerely,John Withum, on behalf of your Monday night class
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>John,I know that you would love for me to skip that last paper, but as you know, I like to make things as difficult as possible. Claude Mariottini
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