mention them on my earlier post as entries in the Theologian Trading Cards giveaway<\/a>, why not think about quotes from them you\u2019d like to see featured on trading cards, or on meme images, or both?<\/p>\nOr to put it another way, who is the most interesting theologian\/NT scholar\/Hebrew Bible scholar in the world, and what does\/would she or he say?<\/p>\n
UPDATE: A commenter complained that the font I used didn\u2019t look \u201cmemeish\u201d enough, and so I wonder whether something like this would be closer to the mark?<\/p>\n
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