“And the famine was sore in the land” (Gen. 43:1).
“And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore” (Gen. 47:13).
“The famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land” (2 Kings 25:3).
“The famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land” (Jer. 52:6).
“Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine” (Lam. 5:10).
Below is the second of my papers for the class History of Puritanism.
I’m in the solitude of the Vintage office, drinking coffee given by Scott, eating popcorn stolen from Kellen, and reading The Intellectual Origins of the English Revolution. Good times.
At long last, the oft-promised and long-awaited post. In this episode, our two heroes (with cameos from Dan, John, and Timmy) experience not one but two adventures as they venture into the wide world outside of the Vintage office, and even (gasp!) get to talk to a girl. [Read more »]
Dr. Hayner described a king who was particularly upset as having a “hissy fit with a bell tied on.” Please use this phrase yourself whenever possible.
This latest précis is a comparison of the rhetoric of Christine de Pisan and Margaret Fell. De Pisan labored within her social limitations; Fell tried to remove her social limitations. You can read the précis to see which one I favor.
My friend and Vintage staff member Audrey Stees now has a blog too. She’s not yet a part of the media conglomerate that Scott and I are putting together, but we’ll persuade her to join us eventually. Then, Culler-Stees-Mullen conglomerate will control roughly 0.00000000000000000000000000000000000000000001% of the Internet.
This latest précis for Ancient Through Contemporary Rhetorical Theory about the writings of Christine de Pisan, a woman of the late Middle Ages, is the one that has excited me the most. I think that the concept of a servant-rhetoric hold more promise and has more implications for the Christian rhetorician than any of the other rhetorical theories that I’ve read thus far. That having been said, I’m disappointed with this précis since I didn’t have the space (maximum 300 words) or the time to develop the ideas as I would like. But you can read it for yourself.
The Backward Glance is the blog of Lincoln and Abby Mullen. Lincoln Mullen is a reference librarian at Bob Jones University's Mack Library and a student of history. Abby Mullen is a master's student in English at Bob Jones University. She teaches freshman English at BJU. [Read more »]
“A Review of Christopher Hill’s The Intellectual Origins of the English Revolution Revisited and Some Intellectual Consequences of the English Revolution”
