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Tom Boman named Bible Babel for MPR's "best books about faith." Thanks, Tom!
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The Voice, a new translation of the Bible, for which I'm honored to have contributed, is now available and got a nice shout-out from USA Today!
Bible Babel is now available in paperback (Harper Perennial, 2011).
Bible Babel was nominated for the 14th Annual (2011) Library of Virginia "People's Choice" Award. Thanks to those of you who voted! The Library of Virginia also selected the book as a finalist for their nonfiction award! You can read about that and the other finalists here, from the Richmond Times Dispatch.
Some great reviews (read more by clicking the "Bible Babel" button) ~
Read Michael Dirda's full Washington Post review of Bible Babel, Martin Sieff's Washington Times review, and Chris Querry's MyShelf.com reviews of Bible Babel here. To Joseph Laycock's thereligiousleft review, I'm happy to add that just a few days after he posted it, Bible Babel came out in paperback -- less expensive yet with equally fun, though stylistically different, cover art. Have a look also at Bill Tammeus' "Faith Matters" Weblog (3-22-11) for a brief but enthusiastic review, and at Greg Richardson's kind review at StrategicMonk.com. And Bible Babel has made it across the pond with a super nice mention in Ron Ferguson's The Herald Scotland column.
Brazilian publisher MATRIX EDITORA has bought Bible Babel and will publish it in translation (2012)
South Korean publisher April Books Publishing Co. has also bought Bible Babel and will publish it in translation (2012)
Kristin's essay "An Old Field Takes Some New Turns" about publishing trends in biblical scholarship appeared in the Oct. 7, 2011 issue of Publishers Weekly.
Had a nice Bible Babel "shout-out" from John Mulholland, at the University of Chicago Law Library: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=123177334382323&v=wall
I've enjoyed chatting recently with Daniel Burke, the National Correspondent for Religion News Service and Laura Kwerel of "Interfaith Voices" radio show, among others, about the enduring influence of the King James Version of the Bible.
Matt Talhelm, anchor and reporter for NBC29 TV news put together a nice piece about apocalyptic predictions (Camping's May 21 being the latest). I'm delighted to have been able to participate. You can watch the clip here.
You can listen to my March 18, 2011 interview on "Brainstormin' with Billy" at http://brainstorminonline.com/kristin-swenson-cuts-through-the-bible-babel-as-we-discuss-her-research-of-the-bible/.
Bible Babel live (March 15, 2011) on the "Jim Engster Show" (NPR) is available also on their website.
Hanging out on the radio with 2 Boomer Babes on Tuesday morning (March 15, 2011) to tape a show airing in the Baltimore area (NPR) at a later date. But check out the link, and listen there, if you like!
Check out radio interview with David McMillian on "Strategies for Living" (March 15, 2011)
http://www.strategiesforliving.com/ This show will also "air" on the internet radio program (March 24, 3:00 p.m. EST) http://www.healthylife.net/
10 minutes of early morning Bible Babel-ing on Raleigh, NC radio (March 15, 2011)http://www.dralvinjones.com/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=6&MMN_position=49:49
You can listen to Kristin's Jan. 2 presentation on Bible Babel here: http://www.saintstephensrichmond.net/templates/System/details.asp?id=47922&PID=786045#swenson
Kristin's essay, "The Bible and 'Dominion' over Animals: Superiority or Responsibility," which appeared originally in the Huffington Post, will be reprinted by request in the Humane Society U.S.'s newsletter The Humane Steward and in the Green Egg zine, too.
Kristin blogs for the Huffington Post.
"On Faith," the Washington Post's online "conversation about religion and politics" featured Kristin's essay "Satan and the 2010 Census".
Check out Beliefnet's Bible quizzes. Kristin came up with one testing your knowledge of animals in the Bible.
Kristin wrote a guest "Inspiration" column for Good Morning America/ABC's Spirituality.
You can watch Kristin's June 6 TV interview with Ben Bradley on ABC-7 Chicago by clicking this link.
Some local Richmond news about Bible Babel in the March 28 and April 4 Richmond Times Dispatch.
Read Kristin's op-ed on the promise and perils of biblical translation, which originally appeared in the Richmond Times Dispatch .
Kristin's "Viewpoints" column for Easter in Fredricksburg's Free Lance-Star was picked up by the McClatchy newswire and has appeared in news outlets around the country.
Greg McQuade and Cheryl Miller graciously hosted Kristin on CBS' "Virginia This Morning" Feb. 3. You can watch the clip here.
May-Lily Lee, host of "Virginia Currents" visited with Kristin on WCVE public television October 29, 8-8:30 pm (rebroadcast Sat-- Halloween! at 5:30pm and Sun 12:30) about Bible Babel and Kristin's journey into studying the Bible. You can watch the brief clip on youtube.
Check out the Nov. 3 issue of The Christian Century to read Kristin's "Biblically Challenged: Overcoming Scriptural Illiteracy" article about the problems and promise(!) that preachers face in dealing with biblical illiteracy among congregants.
Kristin enjoyed the spring 2010 term in beautiful Charlottesville as a visiting fellow at the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities.
Kristin recently received VCU's College of Humanities and Sciences Excellence in Scholarship 2009 award.
VCU has awarded Dr. Swenson tenure with promotion to Associate Professor.
