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$\"\"$ Bob Cargill has posted a call on his blog for letters in support of Christopher Rollston<\/a>, whose position at Emmanuel Christian Seminary has been placed in jeopardy by a small number of people who objected to an article he wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n

His post includes links to blog posts by those of us who have already spoken out on this topic on our blogs.<\/p>\n

What Bob is asking for now is for those who may not have blogs but wish to address this issue to send him letters which he can then post on his blog.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re interested in doing that, click through to his blog for more information<\/a>.<\/p>\n

They are apparently coming in quickly. He just posted the appeal yesterday, and today he already has the first such letter posted, from Dr. Athalya Brenner<\/a>,\u00a0Professor in Biblical Studies, Department of Hebrew Culture, Tel Aviv University, Israel.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"