{"id":1902,"date":"2009-11-27T20:11:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-27T20:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2009\/11\/sbl-photo-caption-contest\/"},"modified":"2009-11-27T20:11:00","modified_gmt":"2009-11-27T20:11:00","slug":"sbl-photo-caption-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2009\/11\/sbl-photo-caption-contest.html","title":{"rendered":"SBL Photo Caption Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><div>I thought I\u2019d share two photos of me from this year\u2019s Society of Biblical Literature conference in New Orleans, and solicit captions. The winners will be rewarded by having their captions added to the photos as the \u201cofficial\u201d captions, recognized as the winners, as well as receiving the deep sense of satisfaction that always accompanies such achievements. The second of the photos appears to have been touched up ever so slighly; the first is offered in its raw, pristine original form. <\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_BtqUSG7RCA0\/SxB26_Q9f7I\/AAAAAAAAAh0\/81bbhLYaoAE\/s1600\/James+at+The+Melting+Pot.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_BtqUSG7RCA0\/SxB26_Q9f7I\/AAAAAAAAAh0\/81bbhLYaoAE\/s400\/James+at+The+Melting+Pot.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_BtqUSG7RCA0\/SxB3KDWLbdI\/AAAAAAAAAh8\/9q_h_hcKV3Y\/s1600\/sblmatrixversion.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_BtqUSG7RCA0\/SxB3KDWLbdI\/AAAAAAAAAh8\/9q_h_hcKV3Y\/s400\/sblmatrixversion.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div>Let the captions \u2013 and the fun \u2013 commence!<\/div>\n<div> <\/div>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/7622297540113836091-5248348104075222695?l=exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I thought I\u2019d share two photos of me from this year\u2019s Society of Biblical Literature conference in New Orleans, and solicit captions. 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