Lauranda Quotes & Sayings

Three in the morning. I realize this second, then this one, then the next: I draw up the balance sheet for each minute. And why all this? Because I was born. It is a special type of sleeplessness that produces the indictment of birth. — Emil Cioran

Never sweep. After four years the dirt gets no worse. — Quentin Crisp

Peace comes through dealing with people. Peace doesn't come at the end of a bayonet or the end of a gun. — Chuck Hagel

I am an Irishman, sir." "Irish Irish?" "Yes, sir. — Arthur Conan Doyle

Roses are red
Violets are blue
I like potatoes
and so do you — Myself

I am interested in the literature and religion of ancient Israel. I focus on biblical law in its ancient Near Eastern context and on the way that biblical law was later reinterpreted in the Dead Sea Scrolls and other Second Temple literature. I have also explored the relation of the Bible to later western intellectual history. In my latest book, A More Perfect Torah: At the Intersection of Philology and Hermeneutics in Deuteronomy and the Temple Scroll, I explore the relationship between biblical composition history and its reception history at Qumran and in rabbinic literature.

At the University of Minnesota, I have department affiliations with the Center for Jewish Studies and the Program in Religious Studies and am also an affiliated faculty member of the Law School. — Bernard M. Levinson