Andy Naselli recently listed and described Six Useful Books on Writing. I’m particularly glad to see I’m not the only PhD student required to read the latest Turabian manual (at least in part)! Continue Reading
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What Will the GCR Mean for SBC Seminaries?
“A More Effective Convention Structure” As a PhD student at MBTS, I undoubtedly have a vested interest in this matter. To be clear: I am supportive of the Great Commission Resurgence and the GCR task force. This post only attempts to investigate how the GCR might affect SBC seminaries. The section of the GCR declaration… Continue Reading
Words on Employment after the PhD
Nijay Gupta posted another interview in his monograph series, this time with C. Beetham. PhD students, listen close: Beetham says: About halfway through the program at Wheaton, my wife and I began to think through together what might be next. At that time I read somewhere that there were nearly ten PhDs for every biblical studies… Continue Reading
Practicing What You Preach
An Arkansas church hands out $5,000 to needy church members during series on giving: The offering baskets at a North Little Rock church were operating in reverse. Summit Church on Sunday dished out $5,000 to needy members of its congregation. Pastor Bill Elliff says worshippers received cash to pay medical and electric bills, buy children’s… Continue Reading
Musical Greek
Dr. Decker has provided three musical links for students attempting to master the Greek alphabet for the first time (couldn’t help but chuckle when listening, but if it works, it works!): The first is by Ben McGrew, who taught Greek in our undergrad program for many years (now retired). Alphabet_McGrew.mp3 Second is Bill Mounce’s version (linked from his… Continue Reading
Old School Biblical Scholarship in a Digital World
In a previous post, Media Trends and the Future of Biblical Scholarship, I suggest that “advances in technology can become crutches which lead to the atrophy of intellectual muscle.” While I think such ‘atrophy’ is possible, I don’t think it is inevitable. In any case, the old school had something I admire. They possessed something I have yet to… Continue Reading
Aland's Kurzgefasste Liste and Scholarship in a Digital World
A couple of days ago, the TC blog announced some welcome news: Ulrich Schmid of the INTF just announced in a comment to a previous post that a database version of the Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testaments (ed. Kurt Aland) will be published on-line soon, perhaps by the end of September. I’m glad to see… Continue Reading
Biblical Studies Carnival 45 is Up
The latest Biblical Studies Carnival has been published. It is entertaining, yet concise and organized. The best carnival I’ve seen in recent months. Continue Reading
Should Authors Use Pseudonyms?
I stumbled onto a thought provoking story (via Michael Bird) about Robin Parry’s use of a pseudonym in writing The Evangelical Universalist. Parry states two reasons for his actions: (1) protect his employer and (2) refrain from overshadowing another book he wrote which he deems to cover a more important topic. While I think his… Continue Reading
The Price of Books and Biblical Scholarship
I was recently looking to purchase a book for my Advanced Greek Grammar seminar this semester: Evan’s Verbal Syntax in the Greek Pentateuch. After finding it for $310! on Amazon, I checked around a bit. Eisenbrauns listed it for around $85, so I purchased immediately (as if I had found a bargain…what?!). Prior to shipping,… Continue Reading