Kenneth Bailey died

[exegete77]

https://shenango.org/bailey/

He was a doctoral student at CSL. I read several of his books and articles. Excellent work. God's comfort to his family.

[Donald_Kirchner]

Same here. This is a gem:

http://www.amazon.com/Poet-Peasant-Through-Eyes-Literary-Cultural/dp/0802819478

[exegete77]

Yes, indeed. It was published in my second year at Sem, and was one of my first books. Still use it and refer to it.