Thursday

Burning Question: How Do You Say "Crunk" in Hebrew?

Chris (our Biblical Hebrew instructor, for those not up-to-speed) is probably the coolest professor ever. Whenever we approach the end of the semester or an extended break, he lets us relax by doing take-home assignments over the weekend and spending the class time hosting small "parties." Katie, our usual party-planner, decided our end-of-Hebrew bash would occur on Monday at noon in our regular classroom. She will pay for the pizza, Jeff will order it, someone else will pick it up, and Kitty will provide the cups, plates, napkins, and utensils. I have decided, since music is a frequent topic in our class, to contribute a Hebrew soundtrack. I'm taking songs that have been brought up in class and re-titling them so they fit into the subject matter slightly more comfortably. Here's what I've come up with so far.

Song: Theme from "The Facts of Life"
New Name: The Story of Job
Sample Lyrics:
You take the good, you take the bad,
You take them both and there you have
The facts of life, the facts of life


Song: "Turn Turn Turn (To Everything There is a Season)" by The Byrds
New Name: Qohelet in Ecclesiastes
Sample Lyrics:
A time to be born, a time to die
A time to plant, a time to reap
A time to kill, a time to heal
A time to laugh, a time to weep


Song: "Jerusalem" by Matisyahu
New Name: Psalm 137
Sample Lyrics:
Jerusalem, if I forget you
Fire not gonna come from me tongue
Jerusalem, if I forget you
Let my right hand forget what it's supposed to do


Song: "Three Little Birds" by Bob Marley
New Name: Isaiah's Message of Comfort
Sample Lyrics:
Don't worry about a thing
Cuz every little thing is gonna be alright


Song: "Sensual Seduction" by Snoop Dogg
New Name: The Threshing Floor
Sample Lyrics:
Sensual seduction-duction
Sensual seduction-duction


You get the idea.

Let's see... what else is on the agenda? Studying for finals. Mostly. And trying to survive. Also have a meeting with my potential future employer next week. Can't forget that.

My New Testament discussion group is tomorrow. We'll be discussing our textbook's and professor's take on the book of Revelation, as well as our own. We were also given two articles to read in order to deepen the dialogue. My only worry is that my teaching fellow's focus area is in Revelation and other apocalyptic literature. He might go off on a tangent leaving us in a fog of master's student ignorance.

I'm out.

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