>I have been away from the blog for a while now. After I returned from my conference in Michigan, at the Acton Institute, I took a few days off to relax and to write.

Summer is the time when most professors take time to read and write. I am no exception. I had to write several articles with deadlines in June and July. Since the end of classes in the first week in June, I finished writing two articles and several brief entries for a study Bible. I still have two more articles to write this summer and at least five books I must read before the beginning of classes in September.

After spending most of the past month reading and writing, I need a break. Before I spend the rest of my summer reading and writing (again), I will take a few days off in order to relax and retool for another heavy dose of scholarship. I hope you will understand my absence from blogging. Several things have happened in June and July that deserve a post or two, but these items will have to wait until I return.

In the past few weeks, I had several items published. Here is a list of my publications so far this summer:

1. “William Foxwell Albright,” The Encyclopedia of Christian Literature, Vol. 1 (Lanham: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2010), 170-171.

2. “Walter Brueggemann,” The Encyclopedia of Christian Literature, Vol. 1 (Lanham: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2010), 225-226.

3. “Norman K. Gottwald,” The Encyclopedia of Christian Literature, Vol. 1 (Lanham: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2010), 340-341.

4. “Julius Wellhausen,” The Encyclopedia of Christian Literature, Vol. 1 (Lanham: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2010), 636-637.

5. “Swords: Their Development and Use,” Biblical Illustrator 37 (Fall 2010), 51-54.

I leave today (Tuesday) for a few days of rest and relaxation. I will return to regular blogging on Monday, July 19. Until then, thank you for visiting my blog.

Have a nice summer.

Claude Mariottini
Professor of Old Testament
Northern Baptist Seminary

Claude Mariottini
Professor of Old Testament
Northern Baptist Seminary

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