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Since it is a Biblical studies carnival and not a biblioblog carnival, what matters is not whether the blog in question usually addressed matters of academic Biblical studies, but whether the post does.<\/p>\n

It would be fun if, for a change, we set a theme for the next carnival at the beginning<\/em> of the month, and all tried to make sure we wrote at least one post in August on that topic. Any suggestions?<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"