A Game: “Roman Candle”

“Roman Candle” is a fast-paced classroom game of courage and skill, calling for quick wits and wide knowledge.

Being a Student: Crazy, Mentoring, and Office Hours

Summary: Dr. Crazy has suggestions for getting students into her office. So do I. Have you?

Gentle Summer Inquiry

Does one start talking yet about how close we are to fall classes? Or shall one still maintain at this point a show of denial?

“Defacing” the Bible? Art and Religion

Summary: The Gallery of Modern Art in Glasgow invites visitors to write freely into a Bible. What do you think?

Student Surveys: Suggestions and Resources?

Summary: What sorts of questions do/might you ask in start-of-term student surveys? What resources are you aware of?

Bloggers at SBL, and Tweetup Tweeting

Summary: Slouching toward the annual meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, with the bloggers and Twitterers.

Plaintive Haiku: Summer Vacation Edition

Complaint in Haiku form.

Modern Hebrew Vocabulary Videos

Jacob Richman offers free modern (Israeli) Hebrew vocabulary instruction on YouTube.

Help Me Write a Metaphor

I am trying to write a metaphor for poetic language, comparing it to the committing of a sensational, signature crime. It’s coming along but doesn’t feel quite right. Can you help?

Seven Biblioblogs I Make Sure to Read

If I don’t have time to read all my favorites, these are the Bible-related blogs I make sure to work in.

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