A little more than a year has passed since we lost our friend and colleague, Dr. Keith E. Small, on December 8, 2018. Keith was a friend and one of my mentors in my work with Quran manuscripts. I have published tributes to him in more than one place, so will not repeat those here; …
In June of 2019, I was invited on a trip to Jerusalem by Mr. Eric Lambert. I was to be the third member of the team, alongside Mr. David McElfresh. The project is generally interested in locating and perhaps excavating the walls of the old city of Jerusalem that were rebuilt by Nehemiah upon the …
In late 2015, President Obama was seeking to bind the United States to a treaty, the JCPOA, that came to be known as the “Iran nuclear deal,” or just the “Iran Deal.” The Iran Deal, its critics (I among them) argued, would set Iran upon a sure path to a nuclear weapon. Most Americans, in …
Published at the end of May, 2019, my first small book is just a start aimed at satisfying the curiosity of the various people (including a more popular audience) who have taken an interest in my research. The book earned positive pre-publication comment from a number of esteemed colleagues including Gerd-R Puin, Marijn van Putten, …
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