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Archaeology of the Mediterranean World<\/a> is looking at the usefulness in education of the iPad and other technologies. AKMA<\/a> and Art Boulet<\/a> blog about the iPad too. Targuman<\/a> will be getting one. Daily Hebrew<\/a> finds the iPad reminiscent of older tablets. The Austringer<\/a> looks at the iPad\u2019s relevance for students. Political Jesus<\/a> is unimpressed. Jeremy is already worried about screen protectors<\/a>.<\/p>\n

TheoFantastique<\/a> looks at Avatar\u2019s success. Religion Dispatches has two articles today about Avatar. The first, on the \u201cmyth of originality,\u201d has a very clever title: \u201cSomething Borrowed, Something Blue<\/a>.\u201d The second article diagnoses a previously unknown condition: Post-Avatar Ecological Depressive Disorder<\/a>. Sightings also opens \u201cPandora\u2019s box<\/a>,\u201d and Jesus Creed asks if people think Avatar is anti-religious<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Joseph Hoffman looks at the Gospels as copying exercises<\/a>. Evangelical Textual Criticism shared video lectures on how we got the New Testament<\/a> and reading New Testament papyri<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Jim Davila shared<\/a> that the Gnostic Centre<\/a> has been denied charitable status in the U.K. I don\u2019t know why it wouldn\u2019t deserve charitable status, but I\u2019d certainly question its self-characterization as Gnostic<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The Clever Badger<\/a> explores the question I asked about forgiving Darth Vader.<\/p>\n

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