Ha ha! Ha! Heh. Heh. Um. Wha?

(discussing Jephthah's vow)

Harry Attridge: "There are different ways to be faithful to a text."
Student: "Please don't be faithful to it by killing your twelve-year-old daughters."
Harry Attridge: "Not that there aren't temptations to."

Overheard: Difficult Texts

I'm putting that on my NT final

Harry Attridge: "Someone has already asked me about the status of the systematic theology search. Does anyone have any other questions for me?"
Student: "What do we know about the historical Jesus, and how do we know it?"
Harry Attridge: "He was a great guy."


Overheard: Former Profits reception

This is one corrupt place

Student 1: I just think I should take some basic educational theory classes: modes of learning, PowerPoint, SmartBoards, all that jazz.
Dean Attridge: I've always said, power corrupts, PowerPoint corrupts absolutely!

Overheard: Advent Party

All right, all right, historical critical it is.

Harry Attridge: In our engagement with the scriptural text, we can legitimately say from time to time, "No, my dear brother, you are on this point mistaken!"

Dean Attridge, you're my only hope

Dean Attridge: The best way to understand Stoicism is to think of Obi-Wan Kenobi.

Overheard at: NT