Double SBL Celebrity Sighting
No, not N.T. Wright and Kevin Vanhoozer (although I did bump into them at the Baker Book reception).
No, far more impressive are these two celebs caught hobnobbing together in downtown Philly between SBL* sessions.
(photo credit: the WTS OT cell phone paparazzi)
*The Society of Biblical Literature’s 2005 Annual Meeting is in Philadelphia this weekend. That means over 5000 folks who like to listen to seminars about things like “Icons of Power and Persuasion: Royal Iconography in Mesopotamia and Syria-Palestine” or “The Significance of ethos and ethopoiia in the Progymnasmata for the Rhetorical Analysis of the New Testament” are in Philadelphia for 4 days. But the best parts of the meeting are the Book Exhibit (where grown men become giddy over the array of theological books offered at 50% off) and meeting up for informal discussions over meals. And yes, I’m one of the 5000+ attendees (I even got my official “I’ve been to the SBL convention” tote bag).
November 21st, 2005 at 12:48 am
So, ummmmmm, who are they?
November 21st, 2005 at 1:03 am
The totally amazing Sam Boyd and the equally totally amazing (sorry folks, I’m not gonna play favorites) Pete Enns. Both of whom have had significant blogspace (most notably, Mark’s blog) devoted to them (for various reasons)… but for those of my readers who are not familiar with them, Sam Boyd is a student (extraordinaire) at WTS and Dr. Pete Enns is Professor of Old Testament and Biblical Hermeneutics at WTS. And both have a fairly well developed sense of humor (we hope).
November 21st, 2005 at 7:42 am
Let me simplify it for you little brother: Sam knows how to fly fish. Pete could probably tell you about every reference to flies and fish in ancient near eastern literature, but that’s about as close as he’d come to putting those two words together in a meaningful way. So Sam’s autograph is definitely more valueable “on the street.”
November 21st, 2005 at 1:53 pm
Hi Karyn. Believe it or not, I’ve enjoyed participating in conference workshops on applications of classical progymnasmata, and its actually a lot of fun. (Though perhaps partially in the same way as saying that a sample of the old english pasty encompasing Malus domestica [should be italicized] is a tasty treat - part of the cool is in saying the name!) At any rate, a little bit of cool IS a nice treat! Glad you had fun.
November 21st, 2005 at 6:02 pm
I recognized Pete. I didn’t recognize Sam.
I think that this means that Pete wins the macho smackdown they were having on Mark’s Weblog, eh?
November 21st, 2005 at 9:40 pm
Well, you didn’t recognize Sam because he’s got a new thing going with mousse in his hair. He’s still working out the kinks.
November 21st, 2005 at 9:51 pm
Geof, you’ve seen Sam often, just didn’t realize it.
November 22nd, 2005 at 1:11 am
Query 1:
Sam knows how to flyfish, but does he?
Query 2:
What kind of flyfisherman is Sam (dry, wet, nymph, streamer,etc.)?
Query 3:
How many rods does Sam own (size, weight, etc.)?
Query 4:
What kind of fish does Sam fish for?
Query 5:
Does Pete not know how to fish?
Query 6:
Does Pete choose not to fish?
Query 7:
Has Pete EVER gone fishing (treble hooks, rotten chicken liver, and rope do not count)?
Query 8:
Is Pete open to being converted?
November 22nd, 2005 at 7:40 am
I will try to answer queries 1-4.
Query 1:
Yes, I know how to flyfish. And yes, I know how to flyfish.
Query 2:
This, of course, depends on the situation. In my earlier days of flyfishing, I loved seeing a trout take a dry fly off the surface. I’m better at tying nymph patterns (hair’s ear, I’ve tied a few prince nymphs) than dry flies (though at one time I could tie a convincing parachute Adams), and have more recently enjoyed fishing on a dropper, with either a pupal caddis or hair’s ear on the bottom and Cahill or Adams on top. For bass, I’ve had more luck with streamers.
Query 3:
I own 6 rods. 3 Winstons (3, 4, and 5 weight, all five piece trout rods), 1 G-Loomis GLX (4 weight), 1 Sage (5 weight Discovery series), and 1 Orvis (9-weight).
Query 4:
Mostly trout in Western NC streams. Sometimes bass. My brother-in-law fishes offshore, and I hope to use my 9-weight for rockfish and cobia at some point in the future.
I’m happy to answer any more questions. I cannot speak for Pete.
November 22nd, 2005 at 3:04 pm
You people really have lost it. I blame finals.
November 22nd, 2005 at 6:57 pm
Yes, it’s true…Sam owns me! (See his response to Query #3 above)
November 22nd, 2005 at 7:28 pm
Mark- good catch on the double entendre.
November 22nd, 2005 at 8:46 pm
That Pete has chosen not to reply speaks volumes.
That Sam not only knows how to flyfish, does flyfish, and TIES HIS OWN FLIES! pretty much puts him on top and Pete on the Titanic.
Pete, Do you want material? If you visit my blogsite “MasterAegidius.blogspot.com” (no, its not a link, I do have a life….), you can get a pretty good idea of what is available
The only way for Pete to recover is to fish with a tonkin cane rod that he made himself.
November 22nd, 2005 at 9:05 pm
Jake, Give Pete a little extra time… he probably hasn’t even seen the post (my blog is not nearly as famous as Mark’s, and thus is hardly read).
November 22nd, 2005 at 10:20 pm
Clearly, Pete is not even worth the time and effort, since he a) doesn’t flyfish, and b) doesn’t read Karyn’s blog. Sam is way more cool. Case closed.
November 23rd, 2005 at 12:53 pm
Clearly you doctored this picture. I don’t believe the rift between them could be solved this easily.
November 23rd, 2005 at 1:47 pm
Matt,
Our photojournalist has impeccable integrity. Clearly you have been jaded by others of less repute. I must reiterate that the photo is unretouched (I have better Photoshop skills than that).
November 23rd, 2005 at 6:43 pm
I was an eyewitness to this event and I humbly testify to the sinlessness of the photojournalist … and to the ineptitude of the waiter.
November 24th, 2005 at 1:11 am
I think after a 48 hour waiting period that it is appropriate to call in the authorities to search for a missing (perhaps abducted?) Philly Cheesesteak.
November 26th, 2005 at 12:33 pm
Dr. Pete Enns would also recover nicely if he bowhunted (recurve, instinctive aiming only) for elk. But then Sam Boyd, modern day rennaissance man, probably shoots elk (as opposed to just hunting them, Christian
) with a long bow that he made himself.
November 26th, 2005 at 7:39 pm
Actually, I use neither a bow nor a gun when hunting elk. I pursue my prey armed only with a pocketknife and bowstaff, both handmade. I’ve been known to hunt wild wolverines in similar manner. Imagine a cross between Napoleon Dynamite and Ted Nugent, and you’re close to my hunting tactics.
December 1st, 2005 at 1:16 am
So, let me see here….
…. Red hair, wearing only a loin cloth, running through the forest, looking for tater tots….
I just heard some eastern state was going to allow the use of atlatl’s for deer, ? True?
December 2nd, 2005 at 9:52 am
I’m not sure that I follow the postings here; but I am sure that I have seen that photo before - on the X-Files.
yes. I am sure.
I think the figure in the back can often be seen…
with a cigarette.
December 3rd, 2005 at 12:07 am
Sam is so cool, we have decided to name our fourth child after him. Instead of Samuel, he will now be Sambo.
SamBo(yd)- proper noun, fourth child of Master Agidius.
December 9th, 2005 at 6:31 am
Time for me to chime in, now that no one cares anymore.
I hate fishing because it does not involve a ball of some sort and is, therefore, boring. I don’t hunt either because I think all creatures, except people I disagree with, have the right to live without being shot at.
Also, I thought all this “who is better” nonsense was decided on Mark’s website. Yet here it is again. We need to let this rest. I am better because I am writing recommendation letters for Sam and I can say “imbecile” just as easily as “brilliant.”
December 9th, 2005 at 9:00 am
Your comments are never too late, Pete. Now your exam grades, that’s another story…
December 9th, 2005 at 11:52 am
Hey….HEY….. I’m pretty good, unlike some of my colleagues. It helps to not actually read them. Usually I need to go no further than the cover page (”Oh…..him….”).