Sparks Commentary

“Our knowledge of Biblical Hebrew is directly dependent upon Jewish oral tradition and thus on the state of that tradition during and follow...

“Never let your schooling interfere with your education.” – Possibly a paraphrase of author Grant Allen , although it is often misattributed...

“Much pioneering work in documenting the languages of the world has been done by missionary organizations (such as the Summer Institute of L...

“All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine , for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousnes...

“And he [Jonah] said unto them, I am an Hebrew; and I fear the L ORD , the God of heaven , which hath made the sea and the dry land.” - T...

“4 out of 3 people struggle with math.” – A joke of unknown origin As some of you know, I've been a professional math tutor since 20...

"The study of Ancient Greek has long been a bookish pursuit , and rightly so. For this language we have only the books (and other wri...

"I think, therefore I am." - René Descartes It's a funny thing about  philosophy majors  - none of them knew they wanted ...

"Jazz is the assassination, the murdering, the slaying of syncopation. I would even go so far as to confess that we are musical anarc...

"The use of language begins with imitation. The infant imitates the sounds made by its parents; the child imitates first the spoken l...

"Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans , and of the Stoicks , encountered him [Paul]. And some said, What will this babbler say...

The first of my "25 things about me" posts

"Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes, biology is about microscopes or chemistry is about b...

One of the great surprises of my  education  was how much I liked psychology. This would have surprised me in my younger days, as I though...

"I am Alpha and Omega , the beginning and the end, the first and the last." - The New Testament, "The Revelation of St. J...

I was actually interested in foreign languages from a very early age. I thought: "How cool would it be to speak another language?...

"I never had much interest in the piano until I realized that every time I played, a girl would appear on the piano bench to my left ...

"History is about high achievement, glorious works of art, music, architecture, literature, philosophy, science and medicine - not ju...

"Let's start with what economics isn't.  Economics isn't a meal ticket to make lots of money in the stock market, althoug...

"I must study  politicks and war  that my sons may have liberty to study mathematicks and philosophy. My sons ought to study mathematic...