January 27, 2005

Life in the Old Testament...

...or rather, "Life in OT Backgrounds." So I have some lovely little quotations from Dr. Hummel.

  • First, one I picked up in Computer Architecture from Dr. King. On Abraham: "He was a randy old man."
  • Dr. Hummel reconstructs a conversation between his youngest daughter and his grandmother over Christmas break:
    "Are you old?"
    "Yes, honey, I am."
    "So that means you're going to die soon."
    "Well, yes, honey, that's right... Merry Christmas to you, too."
  • "Usually, eating is more important than art."
  • A student asks, "What's a stele?"
    Hummel stands, holding his hands over his head to indicate the size of the thing, "A stele is, well, it's about... well everything's taller than me." Apparently, Hammurabi's stele is about seven feet tall.
  • On Abraham missing from the Egyptian records: "'Wow. I look like an idiot for chasing after his wife; I thought it was his sister. Oh, wait, it was his sister; that's weird.' You just don't see records like that."

So there it is. I suppose that since I'm no longer acquiring painful quotations, I'll have to supply you with some entertaining ones. Until next time...

Posted by Gallagher at January 27, 2005 04:34 PM