Friday, November 22, 2013

REMEMBERING THE DEATH OF JFK (NOVEMBER 22 1963-2013)


Today we remember the death of a man who once said, "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzRg--jhO8g). John F. Kennedy, a young, charismatic and brilliant leader of the United States died in one of the worst tragedies 50 years ago today (November 22, 1963).

Friday, November 15, 2013

REMEMBERING FRANCOIS BOVON OF HARVARD AND JEROME MURPHY O'CONNOR OF ECOLE BIBLIQUE



The New Testament scholarship lost two of its finest scholars in November 2013. François Bovon passed away on the first day of the month at 75, while Jerome Murphy-O'Connor died on the 11th of November at 78. The obituary of François Bovon by the Harvard Divinity School is available at http://www.hds.harvard.edu/news-events/articles/2013/11/04/fran%C3%A7ois-bovon-1938-2013. Ecole Biblique also publishes an obituary for Jerome Murphy-O'Connor at http://www.ebaf.edu/?p=3628&lang=fr.