Society of Biblical Literature Music Group Announced
Posted on July 3, 2011 at 7:17 am by Dr. Jim
I just got home from the “Memory and Forgetting in the Hebrew Bible” workshop at Munich and woke from my jet-lag stupor to find an email announcing that the S.B.L. has abandoned its long time tradition of hiring a small jazz combo to play at the big reception at the National Meeting in November. Instead, they are going to get all “jiggy with it” (whatever the heck that means), and hire a “boy band” made up of “renouned biblical scholars”. Here is the promo picture they sent.
Do note the spelling mistake. It is supposed to the “The Goys”.
From left to right: Deanne Galbraith,Roland Boer, Jim West, James McGrath, Bob Cargill.
Perhaps I will skip the reception…
While in Munich we did catch a rehearsal of one of the presentations that will be made in November in the Psalms section. Thanks to Bob Becking for letting us know about it!
July 3, 2011 at 8:22 am
Couldn’t find them on YouTube. Pity.
July 3, 2011 at 10:42 am
Oops, Messed up the url of the video. It should work now.
July 3, 2011 at 12:30 pm
Great catchy tune and happy smiling faces. Celebratory mood, really.
Great to be free, so don’t expect us to go to church when we don’t have to!
July 10, 2011 at 10:29 am
Oh yes, let’s do this. Will you be our manager and find a reception in a room with a piano? I’m game!
July 10, 2011 at 6:29 pm
that’s us. at least i have no hair, which is better than bad hair.
July 11, 2011 at 7:19 am
You guys are going to have to start writing some songs!