Precisely: what in hell do you do with him?
In one of my more fascinating invitations, I received an email out of the blue that said:
Dear sir, we are pleased to hear your opinion about our inclosed proposal.
Spam? You'd think so. Eventually I opened it to find an invitation to write on Rehoboam for a festschrift for none other than Pancratius Beentjes. Pancratius Beentjes? Yes, the retiring prof of Old Testament at the University of Tilburg.
Why? I asked. I've never met the man. Apparently he cited
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