Master and commander at last

This is what has been exciting us here in South Sydney lately.

A RELENTLESS 12-week campaign by Peter Holmes a Court – and the dramatic last-word intervention of the actor Russell Crowe – swayed die-hard South Sydney supporters to accept a $3 million privatisation offer at an extraordinary general meeting yesterday.

The bid scraped across the line. With a 75 per cent majority required, the suitors won 75.8 per cent of the 3936 votes accepted – a margin of only 30 votes.

 

Stereotypes no substitute for understanding

There is good and bad news in Kevin Dunn’s report of several pieces of research he and others have done into the state of our knowledge of and attitudes towards Islam and Muslims. First the good news:

 

Barclay M. Newman, ed., Holy Bible: Contemporary English Version

Link.

Back in January I mentioned my fondness for the Catholic Christian Community Bible (Quezon City, Claretian Publications, Edition II 1988) and mentioned several other versions.

Just lately I have been using the 1995 Contemporary English Version as well, and after initial reservations about it, I find it is often very enlightening and is certainly easy to read. I still share some reservations with Michael Marlowe, whose critique is linked at the head of this entry. I would not recommend it as the only version to use.

Michael Marlowe’s Bible Research site I referred to also in that earlier entry; it is in many respects very good. However, one does need to be aware of where he is coming from, which he very directly tells us.