I had read him by the reading of the blog, but yesterday I had the chance to talk with him in person for a while. John Hobbins was here at G-ETS and was good enough to track me down. I enjoyed a fine hour with John, chatting on Hebrew, teaching and learning, pastoring, blogging, and [...]
Filed under: An Informal Word | Tagged: blogging, collegiality | Leave a Comment »
The world’s smallest Hebrew Bible will be given to Pope Benedict XVI by Israeli President Shimon Perez. I had reported earlier on the Hebrew Bible, which is etched onto the gold face of a silicon chip that is one half of a millimeter square. The news came as a surprise to elementary Hebrew students worldwide, [...]
Filed under: Links, Old Testament | Tagged: Hebrew Bible, politics, science | Leave a Comment »
David Hymes wrote a thoughtful response to a Deseret News article in which Professor David Wiley was quoted as saying, “Institutions [of higher ed] will be irrelevant by 2020.” It turns out that Wiley claims to have been misquoted: his original utterance began along the lines of, “IF universities do not respond to certain crises [...]
Filed under: Education, Links | Tagged: academic integrity, media, open access education | 1 Comment »
Inspired by a completely Megan Moore’s random comment on Facebook, I have decided to walk my Hebrew students through Lachish 4 (Google Books: Old Testament Parallels). I always save a couple of hours at the end of the year to vocalize an inscription together, usually the Siloam Inscription. I plan to bring my Lord of [...]
Filed under: Education, Entertainment, Hebrew Language | Tagged: Hebrew, inscriptions, movies, teaching | Leave a Comment »
How have I missed this? Kings on NBC: A show…based on the rise of David to the throne…set in a monarchy that is culturally and technologically more or less modern-day American. David Shepherd slays a Goliath-class tank, to become a feared darling in the court of King Silas of Gilboah, in the modern city of [...]
Filed under: Entertainment, Old Testament | Tagged: culture, Hebrew Bible, Hermeneutics, minions, religion, television | 1 Comment »
Biblical Studies Carnival 41 will be hosted by James McGrath at Exploring Our Matrix. James offers instructions for nominating posts to be included in the carnival. Tyler Williams had also posted instructions. It’s a piece of cake, so if you feel the urge, take a look at posts from April in biblical studies that you [...]
Filed under: Links | Tagged: blogging, carnival | Leave a Comment »
Summary: Students need glowing letters of reference, and professors want to write them when they can. This post offers strategies for getting good letters, and for helping your profs to write them.
Filed under: Education | Tagged: academia, advice, being a student, GETS11500, learning | 1 Comment »
Folks…are…talking about Alan Lenzi’s new blogchild, “Biblical Scholars and Personal Religion.” As you can see from the introductory post, the plan is for biblical scholars to reflect on how they find the ongoing academic study of the Bible to affect their religious faith. This could be an exciting and illuminating collaborative work, and I hope [...]
Filed under: Education, Links | Tagged: academia, blogging, criticism, distance learning, religion, teaching, Web 2.0 | Leave a Comment »
Are there responsible ways to expose our students the fullness of sketchy and irresponsible claims found on the Internet, in the interest of finding fodder for critical evaluation?
Filed under: Education, Old Testament, Research | Tagged: criticism, distance learning, Hebrew Bible, history, teaching, Web 2.0 | Leave a Comment »
This post at the Accordance Bible blog was a revelation for me. (Yes, it is now a revelation that is over five weeks old. So I percolate.) It shows that I can use Accordance to search for particular kinds of weak Hebrew roots, like geminates, middle-weaks, even III-liquids and the like. Long ago, I had [...]
Filed under: Education, Hebrew Language, Links, Research | Tagged: grammar, Hebrew, software, teaching | 1 Comment »
