For the few of you who do not yet know, tomorrow, March 18th, is my 50th birthday! As of tomorrow, I am officially “over the hill”!
In addition to the absolutely fantastic surprise b-day party that my wife made for me on Saturday night, today, past and present members of the Safi team got together in the Safi lab to have a toast for by b-day, AND, present me with the Table of Contents of a volume that was put together to celebrate the occassion, entitled “Tell it in Gath,” with articles (mostly, but not only, on aspects related to Safi and/or the Philistines) written by 20 people who are connected with the Safi project, which hopefully will be published in the not-to-distant future.
What a fantastic b-day present!
Here’s a picture of me holding the cover and table of contents that were presented to me
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Thanks to you all!
Aren
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March 17, 2008 at 10:38 pm
Jim
Well happy birthday!!! And please do let us know when and where the volume can be acquired!
March 17, 2008 at 10:40 pm
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March 17, 2008 at 10:43 pm
arenmaeir
Jim,
I will inform you all when it appears, but, having some experience in the amount of time required to get such things out, I would not hold your breath on this one …
Aren
March 17, 2008 at 11:35 pm
Kevin P. Edgecomb
Very happy birthday to you! Hills and being over them is something to debate, however. It seems fifty is the new forty these days, so you’re just hitting your prime!
March 18, 2008 at 12:46 am
Antonio Lombatti
I’m sure you’ll understand the meaning of the Italian «Buon compleanno!»
:)
March 18, 2008 at 8:05 am
arenmaeir
Thanks to all of you who sent me best wishes, online or by email.
Aren
March 18, 2008 at 8:38 am
Zachi Zweig
Many happy returns Aren!!!
March 19, 2008 at 5:51 am
G.M. Grena
Can’t wait to see how your blog evolves over the next 50 years! A big huge ROYAL congratulations to you! That’s a terrific picture of you with the book! I’m very happy for you! The world’s such a better place with people like you living in it!
March 19, 2008 at 10:57 pm
JPvdGiessen
Congratulations. In Dutch we say: you have seen Abraham!
March 20, 2008 at 12:20 pm
arenmaeir
Why is this related to Abraham?
Aren