Last week I gave a few reasons for avoiding the overuse of famous(ly) in writing. This week’s word(s) to avoid: no doubt, doubt, undoubtedly. I often read in scholarly writing something like, “This conclusion is no doubt . . . ” or “Scholar X is undoubtedly . . .” etc. To be fair, the sense… Continue Reading
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Biblical Studies Quote of the Week
It is scarcely progress when one mode of Uberinterpretation is laid to rest, only to have others take its place. Richard J. Dillon, “Previewing Luke’s Project from his Prologue (Luke 1:1-4),” Catholic Biblical Quarterly 43.2 (April 1981): 207, fn 5. I might add that Dillon’s proposal for Luke’s composition from his thesis was a bit “Uber”… Continue Reading
Words I'll Avoid in Thesis Writing
I spent a great deal of the previous week reading and began to notice a few words and phrases that authors (especially biblical scholars) like to use, and in my opinion, abuse, by either overusing them or misusing them. So here starts a new series perhaps. Word(s) to Avoid: Famous(ly) The truth is that when… Continue Reading
Micron PIGMA Pens for Taking Notes
I was happy to find some Micron PIGMA pens for sale recently here in the UK. They are great for a variety of things. I could use them for all the writing I do, though because they are a bit costly (they are manufactured in Japan), I mainly use them to take notes in my… Continue Reading
Loving Scrivener
A while back I mentioned using Scrivener for writing a thesis. Thought I’d share a few more thoughts on what I’ve enjoyed about it this week: Organizing various docs for my thesis all in one .scriv file. Very powerful organization features. For example, I can attach pdf files of scholarly articles, nest various files on X… Continue Reading
The Church, Academy, and Calling: Interlude (2), Some Reflections
(part 1 here) I won’t offer too much by the way of reflection now, but a few common themes are present throughout the interviews. I’ll note the following: The Path toward Scholarship The common path into the academy for these Christians included not just a desire to do study, but more significantly, the encouragement of… Continue Reading
Nestle-Aland 28 On Its Way
£21.xx or $35.xx ain’t bad at all. I didn’t think it was going to be available quite so soon, so this came as a surprise. I would have preferred a wide-margin edition (which is what I normally use–my NA27 wm edition), but from what I read, such an edition isn’t being printed, at least not… Continue Reading
The Church, Academy, and Calling: Interlude
Call it halftime of the series, if you will. The last four or five weeks have been filled with travel prep, travel itself, and then settling into a new country and city. I had not planned to end the Church and Academy series quite yet, so let me resume it first by highlighting a line… Continue Reading
Upgrades Coming to Sake of Truth
Over the next day or two I’ll be changing my theme (basically the way the site looks) here at Sake of Truth. I’m switching to a simpler and more attractive theme I’ve used elsewhere, so I’m confident the user experience will be a bit better. It will also give me some more powerful features as… Continue Reading
Dear Sake of Truth Email Subscribers
Please note that I am changing the way one subscribes to my posts via email because the former way was not up to snuff. If you’re interested in subscribing to new posts, you can do so one of two ways: RSS- click the orange RSS feed button in the right sidebar and put my feed… Continue Reading