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The Indianapolis Marion County Public Library purchased two items I recommended for acquisition, the Pimsleur Level III courses in Eastern Arabic<\/a>\"\" and (modern) Hebrew<\/a>\"\". I was able to pick them up today. I\u2019m eager to get back to working on them!<\/p>\n

At the Midwest SBL meeting, I only purchased one book: the revised Sokoloff Syriac Lexicon<\/a>\"\". It has not only been updated, but it no longer provides definitions and other information in Latin, but in English. It also includes a CD-ROM with a digital version of the lexicon. <\/p>\n

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The Indianapolis Marion County Public Library purchased two items I recommended for acquisition, the Pimsleur Level III courses in Eastern Arabic and (modern) Hebrew. I was able to pick them up today. I\u2019m eager to get back to working on them! 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