* Chris has an excellent post on the conceptual metaphor theory of our temporal attributions (the view that we conceive of time metaphorically by mapping it onto space).
* Ben Witherington provides an excerpt (about the Epistle of James) from his forthcoming commentary on Hebrews, James, and Jude. (As a complete aside, surely it's a bit unusual to link Jude with Hebrew and James rather than the Petrine epistles? I wonder what the reasoning behind it was.)
* If you ever happen to be on any of the worlds in the Empire, check to see if the Gideons are leaving the Klingon-language paraphrase or translation in hotel rooms. (The latter is being done by the same people who are working hard to restore the complete works of Shakesepeare to the 'original Klingon'.) The weblog mu''a'vo'mu' has regular reflections on the Klingon language version of the Bible. You never know when these things will come in handy.
* Clark has an interesting post on Heidegger and the Hebrews.
* The 127th Christian Carnival is the Voltron Edition.
* Everyone who can should contribute something to the DonorsChoose.org drive at Science Blogs, even if it's only $10. The drive is to provide students, especially underprivileged ones, with adequate science materials for school. Since I have a soft spot for third and fourth graders (in undergrad I tutored third & fourth grade math), and Janet Stemwedel's Adventures in Ethics and Science has quite a few challenges for these grades, I recommend this, this, this, this, or this from her challenge. The first link goes to a challenge already 26% complete, so only a few more donations would be enough to complete it. The second-to-last link goes to a challenge that is 35% complete, to provide science materials for 4th-graders in Katrina-devastated St. Bernard Parish (all their science textbooks were ruined in the flooding). Even if you don't have the means to donate, or if you can't (it only accepts U.S. donations, unfortunately), you can still pass the word. The drive ends July 1st.
* Wilson has an excellent post called Language, empire, and hope. Well worth reading!
* You can read Hippolyte Delehaye's classic 1907 work on the principles of historio-hagiography, The Legends of the Saints at Medieval Sourcebook.
* More on the Christian tradition of God as Mother. (HT: verbum ipsum)
