Abnormal Interests

Hey Duane,

I didn't really notice that too much when I read it back when it first came out. If I recall (this was about five or six months ago now), it was fairly logical in its ordering. Am I misremembering?

Chris

Chris,

From what little I have read, I think you are correct. The problem is not in the reading. The problem is in the use of the book after it is read. Many times I have remembered that a book had something of interest to say but exactly where, between its covers, I was no longer sure. It is at this point that indices are helpful. That this book does have a rather detailed table of contents is a help.

Duanne, thanks for bringing the book to our attention. I did masters thesis on Joseph and his ability (or lack thereof) to interpret dreams so I look forward to your review and perhaps purchasing it.

I am surprised at the lack of index. Scott began his doctorate at Cornell just as I was finishing my undergraduate degree and he is a very thorough and orderly sort of person so I would have expected of all scholars that he would have provided such a tool.

Lack of an index is a real drag, but it's happening alot these days. Authors don't do it because they think publishers will. Publishers will do it, but for a fee! By the time you find that out, there's no time to make an index and the everyone loses.

I agree, though, every scholarly book should include an author and subject index at the very least, and a citation index for ancient texts if that's done alot.

I just got the Noegel book too (thanks Eisenbrauns and your timely sale!), but haven't had a chance to read it yet. Thanks for the notice of the lack of index, Duane. I'll make tick marks in the margins for the real goodies.

The last time I had a dream that I was pissing against the wall, somebody had put my hand in a cup of water as I was lying on my bed.

I just read Levenson's book on resurrection. There's a scripture index and a truncated author index (not covering the endnotes!) but no bibliography and no subject index. Inexcusable for an academic press that charges $40 for the book! I had to search "inside the book" at Amazon to find a reference to Machinist's article in one of the endnotes that I could remember but not locate.

Hey Duane and Chris,

There is also another book soon to be released from an old professor of mine on dreams. I'll let you know when I hear more of it.

Chris

Oops! My mistake, the book on dreams was already released:

http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&id=zs3gup4iFu4C

My fault.