Departure from SBL
Took one final walk into the French Quarter before heading to the New Orleans airport. Here is a photo in front of the St. Louis Cathedral, taken just after lunch today:- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

Monday at the SBL
The meetings here in New Orleans continue to go strong. We did take a break to have some nice receptions last night. Here's a snapshot from the Yale reception: From left to right we have: Carol Bechtel, Stephen Chapman, Mark Smith, Myself, and Jim Watts. - Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

Sunday at SBL
My second paper went well today, with about 70 in attendance in the Exile / Forced Migrations Consultation. Also today I attended a Social Sciences section and a session reviewing Marvin Sweeney's new book, _Reading the Hebrew Bible after the Shoah [Holocaust]_. Here is a snapshot of that panel: From right to left we have: Dennis Olson, Walter Brueggemann, Frederick Greenspahn, Patricia K. Tull, and Marvin Sweeney. - Posted from my iPhone

Saturday at the SBL
A busy, productive day today at SBL. Heard many fascinating talks, and my own session on the Levites was great. Well attended---fifty people were there for my talk. In the exhibit hall I discovered how to get interactive biblical Greek and Hebrew on my iPhone: Olive Tree Bible Software. I made the purchase... To see their scholary original language texts, visit: http://www.olivetree.com/store/home.php?cat=262&language=18

Arrival at SBL
Here is the view from my plane of Lake Pontchartrain as we landed in New Orleans today, 14 minutes early. Su, wife of my colleague John Yieh drove me and John to National airport. She even packed us bag lunches. Thanks Su! On our plane was Carolyn Sharp from Yale, who had a stop-over in DC. My room here at the Sheraton is very nice: