iPhone + Logos 4

I mentioned the launch of Logos 4 Bible Software earlier today here. Well, there is some more exciting news… 

The world’s most popular Bible software is now available in the palm of your hand — on the iPhone. A free download from the App Store, Logos Bible Software lets you read, search, cross reference, compare versions, [...]

Dr Zahi Hawas appointed as deputy minister

The Egypt State Information Service has news of Dr Zahi Hawas’s promotion:

President Hosni Mubarak issued a republican decree on Friday 30/10/2009 promoting Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) Secretary General Zahi Hawwas to the rank of deputy minister, a Culture Ministry source said.

The news flash was here.

His blog has more though,

This past week the President of [...]

Revisiting the Tomb of Pharaoh Seti I

Al-Ahram revisits the discovery of the tomb of Pharaoh Seti I, by Giovanni Battista Belzoni in 1817, and looks at some of the more recent developments.

Although nearly 200 years have elapsed since the discovery of the tomb of Pharaoh Seti I, there is still much more to learn about it. Nevine El-Aref looks at the [...]

Losing Your Religion

According to a recent study, majoring in the humanities and social sciences, could cause you to lose your religiosity.
The NY Times has more:

MAJORING in the humanities and social sciences puts a damper on religiosity. Thank (or blame) postmodernism, the staple of humanities classes, with its notions of relative truth (opposed to religion’s absolute truth) and questioning authority. “These [...]

Logos 4

Bible software, Logos 4, is out…

There is more here.

Ancient texts: An Image Database

New lighting and imaging techniques are being credited with revolutionizing the study of ancient texts. The LA Times has more in the article, Messages from the past become easy to read…

USC researchers are producing crisp images of inscriptions and artifacts from biblical Israel and other Near Eastern locales and putting the pictures online.

Four thousand years [...]

Luke

St Johns Nottingham has been quiet for some time. Here is their latest video, featuring Revd Dr Richard Burridge (Dean of Kings College London) introducing the Gospel according to St Luke: