rsync-backup Revisited

In light of a recent comment on my rsync backup script, I thought I would post the updates that I have made to that script. The highlights include remounting the backup filesystem as read-write just before copying and then remounting it as read-only afterwards. This features allows for more security, you cannot change your backups after they happen. Secondly, I added a quick stats file that tells you the size of each increments folder. This file is a great way to easily tell which folders to delete when you are running low on disk space.

The scripts may be found on GitHub at http://github.com/jag3773/rsync-backup.

Hebrew Reading Ease Comparison

I've created a quick comparison of Genesis 22 and Genesis 37 via the Hebrew Reading Ease scale. The results are interesting, here is the comparison. Follow this link to learn more about the Hebrew Reading Ease scale.

Basics of Biblical Hebrew Vocabulary

I added all of the Hebrew vocab for Basics of Biblical Hebrew by chapter into Quisition. The original announcement is on http://www.ekfocus.com. Hopefully this will prove helpful for Hebrew students this summer and beyond ;)

Exegetical and Hermeneutical Terms

If anyone is looking to memorize common exegetical terms and/or common hermeneutical fallacies, I've added many of them into www.quisition.com. They are taken from the appendices of the book Old Testament Exegesis, by Douglas Stuart.

You can view them by clicking here: http://www.quisition.com/packs/?search=Old+Testament+Exegesis&results=10&sort=popularity

Aramaic Vocab

I'm currently in the process of adding Aramaic vocabulary into Quisition based on Alger F. Johns' A Short Grammar of Biblical Aramaic. If you would like to follow the progress and/or start learning the vocab then click this link: http://www.quisition.com/packs/?search=aramaic&results=21&sort=popularity.

A Holiday Prayer

Lord God,
Thank you for the joy inherent in this wonderful season which distinctly celebrates Thanksgiving, the birth of Jesus Christ, and new beginnings, signified by these and in the New Year. Let us not forget the source and reason for this joy. Let us not gaze into the bright lights of Christmas without looking through them to the bright Light who is your Son. We cannot know you except that you reached down and became one of us. This we celebrate. This is where the joy of Christmas comes from. This is why we give Thanks. Lord, this is why we can confidently look forward to the new beginning of of your Kingdom.

We love you Lord. Amen

Time To Read

I may not be much for blogging in the coming months. I'm sure I'll sneak one in from time to time but don't count on it. I've got a lot reading and studying ahead of me. I will be more active at EKFocus.

Hebrew Transliteration and Pronominal Suffixes

I have now added into Quisition two new Hebrew vocab packs. The first is Hebrew letters with their transliterated values. This will serve anyone that needs to read scholarly literature which often uses transliterated values for the Hebrew letters. The second pack is the pronominal suffixes which occur on nouns, prepositions, and the definite direct object marker. These suffixes are also very similar to the ones that appear on Hebrew verbs, thus, learning this set is doubly helpful.

I think this is the last of the Hebrew vocab packs that I plan on adding to Quisition for a little while. Next up is Aramaic!

More Help with Hebrew

If you have trouble nailing down Hebrew Independent Personal Pronouns and Hebrew Demonstrative Pronouns then head over to Quisition.

Pronominal suffixes are on their way!

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Hebrew Anytime Paradigms

This is a one page document which lists several paradigms which are handy to have memorized when one sets out to study Hebrew. Here is sample of the page: