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I grew up on a farm in Central New York and went to St. Lawrence University where I got my degree in history. I then went to Princeton and have a PhD in linguistics (dialectology), but I discovered I liked acting and directing more. I ran a theatre company for a while, then taught the Humanities at the College of New Jersey. I now teach at New Jersey's online college, Thomas Edison State College, and direct plays from time to time. ...more

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Getting to “Know” You in Sodom and Gomorrah

It can be dangerous to give 8-year-olds their own Bible—they might read the parts you wish they wouldn’t.  There are some pretty racy stories there that run the gamut from Adam and Eve romping nakedly through Eden to Onan’s interesting ideas on contraception.  Beyond the content, Genesis in the King James Version is always of interest for the language used—the language of Elizabethan England and s

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