Welcome to my first attempt at blogging!

I am an avid reader of a lot of blogs of various sorts, but have never ventured into this arena myself. This is largely because I wasn't sure I had something to say that would be of any interest to anyone else.

So what has changed? I decided to take this step because I am on sabbatical from my teaching responsibilities and my focus will shift somewhat in the coming months. I am hoping to work on a book about Deuteronomy, an academic (and personal) passion of mine since working on that book for my doctoral dissertation. In addition, I will be spending 4 weeks or so in Israel this summer, working on increasing my fluency in biblical Hebrew.

Accordingly, I will be spending the next few months thinking about words (particularly Hebrew words), Deuteronomy (known in Hebrew as Devarim), and writing. So, I thought "Devarim" (Hebrew for "words") was an apt title for this blog.

So, if any of these topics is of interest to you, feel free to check things out! I have no idea how often I'll post here, but I look forward to any feedback you may have along the way.

Thanks for visiting!