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Jim West drew attention today<\/a> to the fact that Phil Long will be hosting the next Biblical Studies Carnival, featuring posts from this month, July 2012, and has asked for submissions<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Phil has also taken it upon himself to take up Jim Linville\u2019s fallen mantle, and organize the upcoming Biblical Studies Carnivals, since Jim\u2019s blog<\/a> has, alas\u2026 how shall I put it<\/a>? Ah, I know\u2026<\/p>\n

Mate, that blog wouldn\u2019t \u201cvoom\u201d if you put four million volts through it! It\u2019s bleedin\u2019 demised!\u00a0It\u2019s passed on! That blog is no more! It has ceased to be! It\u2019s expired and gone to meet its maker! It\u2019s a stiff! Bereft of life, it rests in peace! If you hadn\u2019t nailed it to the blogosphere it\u2019d be pushing up the daisies! Its metabolic processes are now \u2018istory! It\u2019s off the twig! It\u2019s kicked the bucket, it\u2019s shuffled off its mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin\u2019 choir invisibile!! THAT IS AN EX-BLOG!!<\/p>\n

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