I was delighted to discover that Wayne Coppins is blogging (via Christopher Skinner), and a quick perusal had me subscribing immediately. I also perused his “Roadmap for Aspiring New Testament Scholars” which is full of useful information for folks at various stages of their academic career, especially early stages. One part I enjoyed was a… Continue Reading
In the introduction to this review I mentioned that a basic version of Logos 5 is free for some users. Having recently updated to this free version (from Logos 4), I want to comment on some of the features new to version 5. Note that these features should be available in all versions of Logos… Continue Reading
The author(s) of 1 Clement write(s) from Rome, likely near the end of the first century AD, exhorting the congregation in Corinth toward unity, to repent of those sins which have lead to various factions within their church. At 7:1, a series of exhortations begins with a spirit of humility on the part of the… Continue Reading
A continuation from yesterday… Arthur Schopenhauer’s “On Authorship and Style” is an essay full of nuggets on writing (and much more). On author’s rehashing older, better books they don’t understand: The writer often does not thoroughly understand the old books; he will, at the same time, not use their exact words, so that the result… Continue Reading
Christopher Skinner asks, “Secular Narratology and NT Narrative Criticism: Are They Doing the Same Thing?” Or put differently: Are scholars working with narratology on secular narratives doing the same thing NT narrative critics are doing (or think they are doing)? His short answer is I think we can safely say that there is nothing within narrative-critical… Continue Reading
Larry Hurtado has posted a critique of the business model of many academic publishers that seems to result in high priced books. He also shares his own experience in choosing between an academic publisher and ‘trade’ publisher. An excerpt: So, I want to register a complaint about the ridiculous prices on these volumes in the… Continue Reading
I suspect I am not the only one who collects advice on (or applicable to) writing. Sometimes I seek the advice; other times I stumble upon it. In either case it gets collected. One of these days I plan to present the collection in one way or another. Until then, here are a few recent… Continue Reading
Thanks to Baylor Press for allowing me an opportunity to review Matthew W. Bates, The Hermeneutics of the Apostolic Proclamation: The Center of Paul’s Method of Scriptural Interpretation (Waco: Baylor University Press, 2012). This monograph is a revision of Bates’ doctoral work done under David Aune at the University of Notre Dame. Bates begins in… Continue Reading
I have made a small update to the reSearch Engine. I removed a few of the less helpful searches and added two, Hathi Trust and JSTOR. For those that do not know, reSearch Engine is a simple tool for searching multiple databases for a topic. Enter your topic, press enter/return, and then you’re given a… Continue Reading
A few of months ago, the folks at the Omni Group kindly gave me OmniFocus for Mac and OmniFocus 2 for iPhone to review. This review is thus based on my use of both apps for nearly three months. What is OmniFocus? OmniFocus is a productivity app that helps you create and manage tasks and… Continue Reading