Website Purpose
This blog is dedicated to those who are on a spiritual journey or intellectually curious and wanting something more profound, especially those who want to dig deeper into ancient languages, manuscripts, history, and the intersection between faith and contemporary society. Your commitment to serious exploration is appreciated and valued.
If you like to be intellectually stretched in new directions and are willing to dig deeper, then join me in this exploration of life, faith, and the world that surrounds us.
The website is purposely technical, and you will not find easy answers here. If you come here to look for quick information to substantiate your own religious outlook, this is the wrong place. This focus on depth aims to support your serious scholarly interests.
What you will not find on this website is marketing schtick, religious polemics, or defences of the faith.
Instead, you will find deeply researched and substantiated articles, extensive use of footnotes, boring technical stuff, a preoccupation with Greek, Hebrew, Aramaic, and Latin languages, along with references and heaping platefuls of content in the source language. This blog focuses on ancient literature, including the Bible.
It is not for everyone, but those who stay, read for a long time, are part of a committed community of serious learners and explorers.
About Charles A. Sullivan
Studying and translating ancient texts has been a hobby for almost three decades now, and I enjoy it thoroughly. The website reflects this passion.
My background is a B.A. from Winnipeg Bible College (now known as Providence University College), which is located in the province of Manitoba, Canada. A desire to get more in-depth studies brought me to the Hebrew University Overseas Student Program in Israel. This University was where I began the intensive journey into languages and manuscripts.
The study program quickly revealed that there are few jobs in this industry, and those that exist in the evangelical world that I belong to do not pay very well. The scenario is even worse in the Pentecostal and Charismatic realm, where they are suspicious of any higher learning. So I went into the technology field instead as a pre-press computer specialist and then worked my way up to systems administrator.
In fact, you have probably seen elements of my contribution in the realm of publishing, such as the various daytimers by Premier School Agendas, handed out to students on their first day of school throughout North America, or the 7 Habits of Highly Successful Teens by Sean Covey (First Edition). This chapter is now closed in my life, but it sure had its exciting moments.
Some may want to know my religious affiliation or influences. I would call myself a Renewalist Reconstructionist–a small “c” Protestant-influenced charismatic who affirms the supernatural but in a rational, common-sense manner. My views align closely with the balance established by Thomas Aquinas, who combined the mystical with the intellectual in a deeply and comprehensively integrated way.
Charles A. Sullivan
P.S. There are a number of Charles Sullivans on the internet. One is very much involved in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, and another is a well known American lawyer. I am not related to either of these people.