============================================================================= LISTS IN REVIEW - A Supplement to The Religious Studies Publications Journal - CONTENTS Volume 2.003 LIR 93-01 (January 1993) ISSN 1188-5734 ============================================================================= LISTS IN REVIEW is looking for Assistant Editors to monitor lists that relate to the discipline of religious studies. If you know of a list that you would like to monitor, or one that you think should be monitored, please contact the LIR managing editor. Comments/criticisms/suggestions are always welcome. LIR Managing Editor: Michael T. Bradley, Jr. | E-mail: mtb3@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu Department of Religion | S-Mail: P.O.D. C, Blacksburg, VA 24063 USA Columbia University | V-mail: (703) 951-3253 Lists Reviewed in this Issue: CLASSICS ELENCHUS FEMREL-L HISTORY HUMANIST IOUDAIOS NSP-L RELIGION sci.classics SSREL-L ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- List: CLASSICS Period Covered: January 1993 To subscribe to CLASSICS, send e-mail to LISTSERV@UWAVM.BITNET or LISTSERV@UWAVM.U.WASHINGTON.EDU (Internet) with the one-line message: SUBSCRIBE CLASSICS yourFirstname yourLastname TOPICS COVERED: Ab Urbe condita (was: Latin Grammar, etc. ) access to Vatican online exhibit address request Aestus Maritimus Coccineus AIA aia speakers Alphabet alphabet APA survival Arce Art & Democracy Art and Democracy Art, democracy, Perseus Babylon/Babirush (was Re: barbarians) barbara barbarians Barbaros barbaros Barbaros and the comparative method BIBLIOGRAPHIES Bisutun Relief BMCR listserv info Brooklyn and CUNY Brooklyn College Needs Our Help Brooklyn's SOS Brooklyn's Call for Help CARF Review of ScriptureFonts Caroline Alexander article cdrom drives Centuries of Darkness Centuries of Darkness reviews Chronicle article & copyright Chronicle of Higher Education, Jan. 6 City University of New York Classics and Carribean classics at CUNY classics depts. classics discussion group CLASSICS Housekeeping Hints Classics List Classics on Usenet News? Classics/Physics computer help Computer-assisted Latin Constantine and Christianity Dale Grote address prob. death by stylus death by stylus, WPs Dee Clayman DEMOCRACY 2500 Derek Walcott & sundry poetae... Dextrocentrism (Alphabet) Elk and Their Ilk Embattled Classicists (in Chronicle of Higher Ed.) font problems? try a Mac FTP'ing the Wheelock Study Guides Gigantomachy glottalics god and geometry Greek (WP51) Greek Accusatives Greek fonts Greek for Word 5.5 (FAQ?) greek grammar and post mods Greek in WP5.1 (DOS) Greek sculpture show Greeks/Babylonians Guide to Wheelock (FTP) Haec studia senectutem ablectant ... Hansen & Quinn I thought you might enjoy this information about the discussion group Inscriptions journal lag Latin Grammar, etc. (Was: Periodic style) Latin Grammars LEARNING ANCIENT GREEK ON AN APPLE COMPUTER (fwd) Lecture on Cicero at Harvard, January 14 Lethal Weapons or Styli Lethal Weapons... listserv commands listserv problems listserv question little ladies Lost in e-space macrons/breves on the Mac Malawi- Thanks/Elvis and Catullus Malawi/New Yorker Many thanks Metaemail mission Mission in Caribbean perspective Mnemonics for syllogistic forms mulierculae National Gallery Neumann on Paul Nikephoros Not just for ST-TNG fans olive oil olives Olives on-line developing commentary oral tradition Oral Tradition Discussion Group Our mission Periodic style Perseus and the Miracle Persian Histories of Greece, Behistun, etc. PHI Latin Plato on the Macintosh? Prez Panel Prose Comp Prose Composition proverbs query query about rumor Query re book query: Poe red tide? ref. on Classics in Malawi request for address Roll Tidings Roman Marching Doggerel Roman Movies Query Roman movies and computer simulations Scripture fonts Set classics mail Society of Biblical Literature split infinitives subscription Swedish elk Teaching Teaching & rewards teaching Erasmus: a plea for help Teaching intensive Latin for junior high Teaching; Rumor; Canon That Latin Doggerel the aims of Classics The Core of Classics The Embattled Classicist The long and short of it . . . Thucydides Video Thucydides video. TOCSIN: Tables of contents TOSCIN Failure?? Translation mission translation help please Traveling Greek Exhibit Travelling Greek Sculpture trendiness and mission Trumpeters ucsc lang. regist. Usenet? Uva uvam etc. Uva uvam vivendo varia fit uva uvam viDendo, etc. uva, etc Uva uvam vivendo varia fit vatican exhibit Vatican Library comes to The Library of Congress Vatican Library/Renaissance Culture via FTP Vatican/LOC online exhibit vir bonus peritus dicendi Volunteers Needed for On-Line Educational Project Weibchen Where, please, is Brooklyn? why apollo isn't zeus Word for Windows WP for Windows 'Writing' vs. 'prose comp.' -- Submitted by LIR Assistant Editor: G. Thomas Osterfield gto@scotty.neoucom.EDU af192@cleveland.freenet.edu Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- List: ELENCHUS (Christianity in Late Antiquity Discussion Group) Period Covered: January 1993 To subscribe to ELENCHUS, send e-mail to LISTSERV@UOTTAWA.BITNET or LISTSERV@ACADVM1.UOTTAWA.CA (Internet) with the one-line message: SUBSCRIBE ELENCHUS yourFirstname yourLastname TOPICS COVERED: Note: Text included within angle brackets, <>, has been added by the list monitor for clarification. When possible, subject lines have been duplicated verbatim in this summary in order to facilitate searching via LDBASE. Bob Kraft Living Religions of N.E. Origin Materials centering prayer/contemplation Christmas dates of Christmas (forwarded post) Fasting Hands in Manichaeism Jewish proselytization NAPS Patristics Newsletter NAPS rules OECG: Healing - Greek Magical Papyri OECG: Healing in the Magical Papyri OECG: Healing - Mark's Gospel "ONE FLESH" PSCO 30, session 3 (announcement) Re: centering prayer/contemplation Re: NAPS Patristic Newsletter Re: "ONE FLESH" Re: Posting Re: The Trinity Re: Trinity Re: women in early Christianity The Trinity Trinity Trinity Document women in early Christianity -- Submitted by LIR Assistant Editor: Julius Ariail Georgia Southern University solibja@gsvms2.cc.gasou.edu ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- List: FEMREL-L (Open Discussion of Women, Religion and Feminist Theology) Period Covered: 19-31 January 1993 To subscribe to FEMREL-L send e-mail to LISTSERV@MIZZOU1.BITNET with the one-line message: SUBSCRIBE FEMREL-L yourFirstname yourLastname TOPICS COVERED: Note: Text included within angle brackets, <>, has been added by the list monitor for clarification. 50th Birthday (Copy)weirdfolk/welcome/mailstuff/Missouri synod A Rock, a River, a Tree (M. Angelou's poem at inauguaration) Adult Men Am I Getting Out At Last Bodies Brazil/Exu/UFOs Bye Bye George (and not a moment too soon) <3 messages> Common Threads <4 messages on relationships> Deosil Do I remember us discussing Snapple Does Makeup Make You Look More/Less Like Yourself Domestic Violence Dorothy L. Sayers on Bedworthiness <3 messages> Dreams Symbols <2 messages> E-band < humorous posts about an e-mail band> Enneagram? Musings on Current Threads Enneagram and Feminism Food for Sabbat Forgiving/Forgetting Forgivness Free Spirits/Insecure People Finges of the Herd Fundamentalism and Wicca Fundamentalism, True Spirituality and Wicca Gloria Steinhem Goober Theory Happy Birthday Health and Hair Dye Help for a Friend Help! Norse problem! If Men Could Menustrate Katherine Kurtz <3 messages> Makeup <2 messages> Math and Music Maya Angelou <3 messages> Maya Angelou's poem full-text <2 messages> Men/Relationships Midewifery in mid-Missouri More on Maya Names :) New to this Feminism Thing Non conformity and mythological beasts Norse problem? No problem! Operation Rescue <3 messages> Owl Tale Owls Owls, Passage Rituals (50), sex Personals? Postings and Replies Powerlessness and Spirital Reality PS Romantic Sexuality Quote of Interest Re: A Rock, a River, A Tree <3 messages> Re: Am I Getting Out <3 messages> Re: Belated Thoughts <4 messages on addiction and recovery> Re: Bodies Re: Brazil/Exu/UFOs Re: Bye Bye George (and not a moment too soon) <3 messages> Re: Dream Symbols <3 messages> Re: Domestic Violence Re: E-Band <5 messages> Re: E-Mail Novices <2 messages> Re: Enneagram and Feminism <2 messages> Re: Forgiveness Re: Forgiving and Forgetting Re: Fringes of the Herd Re: Help for a Friend <14 messages> Re: Help! Norse Problem Re: Immigrants <2 messages> Re: Just Wars Re: Katherine Kurtz Re: Maya Angelou Re: Names Re: Need an Expert on Brasilian Relition Re: New to this Feminism Thing <21 messages> Re: New Kid on the Block Re: Non conformity and mythological beasts <9 messages> Re: Operation Rescue Re: Owls Re: Personals? Re: Physical Appearance and Feminism Re: Postings and Replies Re: Powerlessness and Spiritual Reality Re: Presidential Switch Re: Quote of Interest Re: Ritual Abuse Article <5 messages> Re: Satanic Myth Re: Spiritual Teachers <5 messages> Re: Sports Stereotyping <5 messages> Re: Statement of All Women Re: Statue of Liberty Re: Stron vs. Feminine Side Re: Tattoo <3 messages> Re: Tattoo prejudice <4 messages> Re: Tattooing, hair dyeing, etc. <13 messages> Re: Turning 50 Re: Two Things Re: Unicorns. Couple of Questions <4 messages> Re: Unicorns. Couple of Questions <3 messages on Angelou poem> Re: Where's PAGAN <5 messages> Re: Woody's Question Re: Zoe Baird <12 messages> Relationships Religious Freedom Restoration Act <8 messages, comment of Z. Baird> Romance Novels Romantic Sexuality <2 messages> Ritual Abuse Article Ritual Abuse--New Book Rush Limbaugh Sabbat Yummies Satanic Abuse Myth <3 messages> Sexuality <4 messages> Short Story Spiritual Teachers Sports Stereotyping Statement of All Women <2 messages> Swept Away <2 messages on romantic sexuality> Tantric sexuality. Crucifixion Tattoo <3 messages> Tattooing Tattoos Tattoos, Hair Dyeing, and Body Piercing Thanks for my Friend Two Things Turning 50 Unicorns. Couple of Questions Update on DRYCAS Weird People Where's PAGAN Woody's Question Women in Early Christianity Women's Liberation Quote Yet More Satanic Abuse -- Submitted by LIR Assistant Editor: Gail Wood woodg@snyalfva.bitnet woodg@snyalfva.cc.alfredtech.edu SUNY College of Technology @ Alfred Director of Libraries ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- List: HISTORY Period Covered: January 1993 To subscribe to HISTORY, send e-mail to LISTSERV@VM1.MCGILL.CA with the one-line message: SUBSCRIBE HISTORY yourFirstname yourLastname TOPICS COVERED: Note: Text included within angle brackets, <>, has been added by the list monitor for clarification. When possible, subject lines have been duplicated verbatim in this summary in order to facilitate searching via LDBASE. 1993 GSA meeting A computer literacy survey Angelou/Santayana ATTENTION COLONIAL HISTORIANS Bertrand Russell Society offers Prizes for best papers Books about Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain British Casualties WWI British conference civil war quote Cortez, Pizarro and Montesquieu Cronon's book wildly popular (in Chicago docs/history on ra.msstate.edu don't read this Early Modern History listserv Electronic Journals electronic journals Field of Cloth of Gold FOR LIN COLLETTE Free Blacks in the South Ftp-sites I don't know much history ... I have seen the elephant?? i'm curious... <2x> Italian Project JOB ANNOUNCEMENT JOBS LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS IN GRAD SCHOOL Large lecture sections Large section classes <2x> LATIN AMERICA POSITION list for teaching assitants multiple choice exams NEED A QUICK BOOK REVIEW. NEED INFORMATION Noel Annan Old Sources? Order of the Passion of Jesus Christ Position Vacancy Announcment Question about FTP-sites Re: 1993 GSA meeting Re: Angelou/Santayana <5x> Re: Battle of Hastings Re: Black American social history Re: Books about Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain Re: British Casualties WWI <3x> Re: Cortez, Pizarro and Montesquieu Re: Field of Cloth of Gold Re: Ftp-sites <3x> Re: I don't know much history ... <3x> Re: i'm curious... <15x> RE: JOBS Re: LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS IN GRAD SCHOOL <5x> Re: Large lecture sections <19x> Re: large lectures Re: Large section classes <2x> Re: multiple choice exams <6x> Re: Question about FTP-sites Re: references on revisionism/historical <10x> Re: Right Answers Re: sources for historical demography Re: US News report on graduate history departments <4x> Re: White house email preserved <2x> references on revisionism/historical met Request for duplicate message SANBORN MAP <2x> Scottish Mercenaries in the 30-yrs War seventeenth century prophecies sources for historical demography sribhana Telnet addresses truth in history (students) Trying To Find US News report on graduate history departments White house email preserved -- Submitted by LIR Assistant Editor: Kevin A. McDade CXYB@MCGILLA.BITNET McGill University ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- List: HUMANIST Period Covered: January 1993 To subscribe to HUMANIST, send e-mail to LISTSERV@BROWNVM.BITNET or LISTSERV@BROWNVM.BROWN.EDU (Internet) with the one-line message: SUBSCRIBE HUMANIST yourFirstname yourLastname TOPICS COVERED: Note: Text included within brackets, <>, has been added by the list monitor for clarification. When possible, subject lines have been duplicated verbatim in this summary in order to facilitate searching via LDBASE. HUMANIST often distributes issues with multiple subjects and with more specific subject lines included in the body of the message. Where appropriate, these are listed beneath the applicable issue of HUMANIST. 6.0420 Qs: E-Mail; Shared Bibliographies; Mapping Ideas 6.0421 Instructional Computing Projects 6.0422 NEACH: Hypertext NEACH 13 Jan: Jan Werner/HYPERTEXT 6.0423 Colloquium on Musical Informatics announcement 6.0424 OFFLINE 40: SUMMARY 6.0425 More on "Humanities Computing: Merely a Hobby?" 6.0426 Teaching Languages with NEWS La guerra italiana civile 6.0427 Rs: Bibliograpies online? 6.0428 Natural Language Processing in Turkish Announcement of a List on Natural Language Processing In Turkish 6.0429 Mauriac Conference Announcement 6.0430 Historical Computing Association for History and Computing UK conference 6.0431 Qs: Stress; Archives; E-Mail; Dictionary; Horns Teacher's Stress Russian frequency dictionary Russian e-mail e-mail to U. of Manchester 6.0432 SIGGEN: Intentionality in Discourse Relations SIGGEN Workshop on discourse relations 6.0433 Notes: PC-Kimmo (Turkish); US History Programs PC-KIMMO specification for Turkish Morphology History Graduate Programs: 1992 US News Ranking 6.0434 Qs:: ISO; S/W for W/P; Languages; Walker's Dict ISO y-umlaut condundrum Searching WordPerfect documents in Greek Info re Fate of "minor" languages Walker's Pronouncing Dictionary 6.0435 Rs: On Bibliographies To Be Kept on Line ... How to get info on FTP server at NIH 6.0436 New List: Stats, NL, and Computing Mailing List on Statistics, Natural Language, and Computing <6.0437 was not distributed> 6.0438 Rs: Russian Frequency; Horns; Library Access janet (not my favorite activity) 6.0439 CFP: The Crusades Crusades announcement 6.0440 Queries: Faculty Lists; Peasants; Paris Housing 6.0441 Rs: ISO Y-Umlaut; JANET from the US 6.0442 Rare Books Conference 6.0443 Research Project on computer discussion lists 6.0444 R: More on OnLine Bibliograpies 6.0445 More Qs: WordCruncher; Quote; OCR; Rel. Order is WordCruncher dead? Order of the Passion of Jesus Christ 6.0446 ARTFL Update ARTFL PhiloLogic New Release 6.0447 Workshop on Very Large Corpora (June 93) 6.0448 Rosenbach Lectures in Bibliography 6.0449 WordNet 1.3 6.0450 Jobs: Phonetics/phonology; English w/ Computing Phonetics/phonology Position at Georgetown Job opening: Position description 6.0451 Welsh-L Announced New List 6.0452 Vatican Library/Renaissance Culture via FTP <"Rome Reborn: The Vatican Library & Renaissance Culture" -- online exhibit available> 6.0453 Computers: Application Q; Political Impact; MTAS Computer Applications: A Request for Replies Soviet block: political impact of computers MTAS by FTP 6.0454 Rs: Reaching JANET; Quote ID 6.0455 Text Qs: Angelou; Estonian Bible; Macpherson James Macpherson correspondence Estonian Bible Inaugeration Poem 6.0456 Comments: WordNet; Research Project 6.0457 Misc. Qs: Including Sicehl Dist; OTAS 6.0458 Rs: Angelou's Inaugural Poem 6.0459 Contemporary Legend Conference 6.0460 Qs: E-Ulysses; E-SCORE 6.0461 CETH 1993 Summer Seminar on Humanities E-Texts 6.0462 WordNet Information 6.0463 Further Responses on Angelou's Inaugural Poem 6.0464 CFP: Comp Lit; Q: Social Sciences Computing ACH ALLC Message Conference on Computing for the Social Sciences 1993 -- Submitted by LIR Managing Editor: Michael T. Bradley, Jr. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- List: IOUDAIOS Period Covered: January 1993 To subscribe to IOUDAIOS, send e-mail to LISTSERV@YORKVM1.BITNET or LISTSERV@VM1.YORKU.CA (Internet) with the one-line message: SUBSCRIBE IOUDAIOS yourFirstname yourLastname TOPICS COVERED: Note: Text included within angle brackets, <>, has been added by the list monitor for clarification. When possible, subject lines have been duplicated verbatim in this summary in order to facilitate searching via LDBASE. 1 Thess. 1 Thessalonians abbreviations ABBREVIATIONS abbreviations and lamp handles academic discourse Acts 12 Agendas in the present all in one blow Anecdotes of Net Usage Angels weeping at Exodus? Announcing Bergren on Attridge, et al, OF SCRIBES AND SCROLLS Anthropology ANTHROPOLOGY Anti-Semitism Archaeology in Jerusalem 1993 backlogs belief Bible Windows/Gramcord Bibliographical query book note Cephas's Condemnation Commercial Cult conversion dates of Christmas (forwarded post) Divine Name Dougherty's Suspicious Hermeneutics Early Syrian Christianity Eisenman and manuscripts Eisenman and Wise. end of epic eschatological pilgrimage EXCAVATION OPPORTUNITY Exegesis of Paul Gentiles Gram vs Bible WIN Herb's Fellowship Herb's Fellowship Question I for one can't help but view this "hermeneutics of suspicion" Is there such a thing? Jewish & Christian identity Jewish proselytization John 2:18 Kohelet Rabbah Krafty New Course Materials languages in Palestine LEVENSON ON THE BIBLE memra memra becomes bassar MEMRABILIA Memra in the Targumim messiah ben joe/dave midrash halacha mmr' becomes bsr Nag Hammadi index New address for Michael Stone NOAHIDE/ACTS 15: Noahide laws noahide/when one with the writer opinions (my votes) pagan Paganism paganism paganism, again "pagans" PAGANS/DIFFERENCE Pauline Particularity Pauline Writings Paul/Peter and tablefellowship Paul/Peter;Peter/Paul Paul/Peter; Peter/Paul Paul's Preaching to Gentiles Paul, Zeal and the Torah Peter's Vision PhD program Postmodernism PSCO 30, session 3 (announcement) purity purity laws Qoheleth Rabbah Query: anthropology Query: anthropology Query: "Pharisaic" havurot Query: rabbinic table fellowship? Rabbinic Hebrew Reading Pauline Texts Review Ken Neumann Sarapis shana ezrachit Sichel test & Radday Sigrid's hypothesis Suffering Messiah Suspicion Synagogues tetragrammaton 'that is to say'? The Trinity Timothy to make (more!) sense to make sense Transliteration T.S.T. Biblical Seminar varia Zadokites -- Submitted by LIR Assistant Editor: Paul J. Bodin pjb3@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu Union Theological Seminary in New York ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- List: NSP-L (Noble Savage Philosophers) Period covered: January 1992 To subscribe to NSP-L, send e-mail to LISTSERV@RPITSVM.BITNET with the one-line message: SUBSCRIBE NSP-L yourFirstname yourLastname TOPICS COVERED: NOTE: Text within angle brackets, <>, is clarification added by the list monitor and/or frequency count. Subject lines are taken from the original message, including any special characters, misspellings, and blanks. NSP: new subscribers and a new year Re: NSP: new subscribers and a new year -- Submitted by LIR Assistant Editor: M. Tarka ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- List: RELIGION Period Covered: January 1993 To subscribe to RELIGION, send e-mail to LISTSERV@HARVARDA.BITNET or LISTSERV@HARVARDA.HARVARD.EDU (Internet) with the one-line message: SUBSCRIBE RELIGION yourFirstname yourLastname TOPICS COVERED: Note: Text included within brackets, <>, has been added by the list monitor for clarification. When possible, subject lines have been duplicated verbatim in this summary in order to facilitate searching via LDBASE. Anecdotes of Net Usage dates of Christmas (forwarded post) Errata: Christ is Second Person not Third EXCAVATION OPPORTUNITY <2x> Jewish proselytization lilly and aar sponsored teaching workshops New Subscriber <22x> New Syllabus --Judaism, Islam, Christianity Re: Book Searching Re: Jewish proselytization <2x> Re: Ph.D. job prospects and departmental rankings <2x> Re: Religion Seminar <4x> Re: The Trinity <2x> religious communities/questionaires REQUEST FOR RESEARCH ASSISTANCE search for e text of Julian of Norwich The Trinity Updated Syllabus: Tribal Religions -- Submitted by LIR Managing Editor: Michael T. Bradley, Jr. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Group: sci.classics Period Covered: January 1993 Note: The Usenet group sci.classics has had the following topics clearly related to "religion" during this time frame. This group is on a considerably less academic level than CLASSICS. This group does not yet seem to have an archive. TOPICS COVERED: How is Harrison doing these days? latin FTP? Miserere Nut, Egyptian sky goddess Person Questionable Epithets -- Submitted by LIR Assistant Editor: G. Thomas Osterfield gto@scotty.neoucom.EDU af192@cleveland.freenet.edu Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- List: SSREL-L (Social Scientific Study of Religion) Period Covered: January 1993 To subscribe to SSREL-L, send e-mail to LISTSERV@UTKVM1.BITNET with the one line message: SUBSCRIBE SSREL-L yourFirstname yourLastname TOPICS COVERED: Note: Text included within angle brackets, <>, has been added by the list monitor for clarification. When possible, subject lines have been duplicated verbatim in this summary in order to facilitate searching via LDBASE. request for constructive criticism -- Submitted by LIR Assistant Editor: David R. 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A second batch job to LISTSERV@UOTTAWA is sent requesting the specific items: +================================+ | // JOB Echo=No | | Database Search DD=Rules | Second batch job | //Rules DD * | sent to LISTSERV | Search politics in CONTENTS | requesting specific | Print all of 37 39 90 | items | /* | +================================+ The user then receives a file from the LISTSERV which contains the full text of the items requested. The preceding is a rudimentary example of how to use LDBASE. More complicated searches are possible. In addition, some e-mail systems allow for an interactive use of LDBASE that avoids the need for the batch job approach sketched in the above example. If you would like complete documentation on LDBASE, send e-mail to any LISTSERV (e.g., LISTSERV@UOTTAWA) that contains the one-line message: INFO DATABASE You will receive a large file (about 96kb) which will provide a comprehensive explanation of LDBASE. 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