In the second installment of my BW9 review (see pt. 1), I want to focus on how BibleWorks performs on the Mac. Yes, natively on a Mac. Now if you happily use Windows (on PC or Mac), great. What follows below is not applicable to your setup. This is one of the most important new… Continue Reading
As I said recently, the time has come to do a fresh Bible software review series. Last week I talked briefly about a resource using Logos, a topic to which I will return shortly. This week I want to focus on BibleWorks, which has kindly allowed me the opportunity to review BW9 (upgrading me from… Continue Reading
It seems I find the word ubiquitous, derived from Latin, showing up more and more in my reading. A quick Google Ngram search confirms that the word has gained steam more broadly, especially in the last 30 years. Compare its usage to two similar words, prevalent and omnipresent (1800–2008): This is one of many “academic”… Continue Reading
I plan to review these volumes in three parts, the final two of which will be devoted to the content of the commentaries. I begin in this first part with a few thoughts on using the Logos version of this resource. I have used Logos for nearly 10 years, mostly as a digital library of… Continue Reading
At Marginalia: François was a scholar’s scholar. Those of us who were privileged to work beside him on his publications were always amazed at his ability to sight-read any ancient text in Greek or Latin as well as modern scholarly works in French, German, Spanish, Italian, and English. And François read ancient scholarship as well… Continue Reading
Speaking of Bulmann’s Theology of the NT (which you can win), here’s a bit I like on Paul’s personification of sin in Romans: “Sin” particularly appears in this way as if it were a personal being. It “came into the world” (Rom. 5:12) and “achieved dominion” (Rom. 5:21 Blt.). Man is enslaved to it (Rom.… Continue Reading
Fascinating way to reconstruct and interpret a historical event. Kudos to all involved. In NT studies, how about something similar to reconstruct stories within narratives (e.g., Sermon on the Mount, Paul’s Areopagus sermon) or the performance of whole narratives (e.g., the Gospel of Mark being read out/performed in a meeting of early Christians)? I suppose… Continue Reading
The effect of digital and web technologies on education and scholarship deeply interests me. While I am generally optimistic about the utility of these technologies for scholarship, including my own work, I remain cautious and keenly interested in finding solutions to some of the associated problems. I recall a few years ago reading an article… Continue Reading
The false dichotomy plagues conversations in every sphere, not least in scholarship, theology, and politics! Not a day goes by where I do not encounter it even in prominent peer-reviewed publications. I suspect I am guilty of it more often than I realize, but I am watching out for it as much as possible in… Continue Reading
Ronald Huggins has a helpful post clarifying what Hindu texts actually say about Krishna, contrary to more popular claims circulating in the West which are sometimes used to imply that key elements of the story about Jesus in the Gospels are derivative from the Hindu story. The Claim that Krishna was a Virgin Born, Crucified… Continue Reading