Can we get this into production? http://www.logos.com/product/33349/encyclopaedia-biblica This is $7.50 per volume. After it ships the cost could easily go up to two hundred dollars or more. Reading various articles from The Jewish Encyclopedia and have found the older Encyclopedias to be very good.
I'm in. [Y]
I have Encyclopedia Biblica in print. Paid extra for it just to enjoy the gorgeous bindings. Obviously the Logos artists were using a library edition (PDF cover maybe).
But it is thoroughly enjoyable to read. Like the Hastings volumes, the authors were the 'best of the best' so there's very little pablum.
These earlier dictionaries are really useful because often they'll have 'the' information that the more modern ones no longer view as worthy. And Logos happily finds the jewel.
When one bids on these, the price is less than a single volume of a more modern set. And the authors are far more likely to write what they think.
so there's very little pablum.
Denise, I have not heard that word outside of the Bahamas. Always thought that it was local. You learn as you grow.
so there's very little pablum. Denise, I have not heard that word outside of the Bahamas. Always thought that it was local. You learn as you grow.
No, I think I've used it myself on the for a.
Pablum (second definition)
I've placed my bid.
I used pablum in this thread. [8-|] In this one, too.
I bid, but I do hope it goes down to $20. I'm starting to realize that I just don't need more of certain things...at any price.
Pablum is a dish made of flour and water, slowly cooked. Poor mans meal.
Pablum (second definition) Pablum is a dish made of flour and water, slowly cooked. Poor mans meal.
Pablum (ˈpɑːblǝm) n trademark a cereal food for infants, developed in Canada
Collins English Dictionary.Glasgow: HarperCollins, 2006.
Seeing as we are talking about a Bible encyclopaedia rather than a bowl of mash I maintain the second definition is more accurate. (It is extrapolated from the first definition.)
"Trite, insipid, or simplistic writing, speech, or conceptualization"
My bid is in, but ST, who is that guy hugging your wife? He has no beard [^o)]
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Point well taken. S.T.
I suspect each culture has a basic affordable staple that assists in a continuation of life.
Grits in the south. Poi in the Pacific. A soy-type mash in Japan (from whense soy sauce derived).
So let me re-phrase.
'These authors don't give you poi.' (which by the way initially surprises but is quite tasty).
I fully understand Denise. By the way, Grits is a favourite with Bahamians.
Grit is what determines the type of sandpaper that is used on any particular project. I wouldn't eat it, but then, I'm a Yankee. [:D]
