Browsing the blog archives for June, 2007

1928 film version of Noah's Ark

Peter Chattaway of FilmChat has done us a great service by providing a couple clips from this film. Quite intriguing! Noah as Moses and Jesus rolled up into one. The stock market as the tower of Babel. I was particularly impressed with how Noah could understand the King James English that God used to write [...]

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Dilbert and methodology

Today’s strip is about having a corporate strategy, but it is perhaps also applicable to research methodology.

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What are our "lower-level but reputable" journals?

In response to Shawn Flynn’s post about “PhD Students and Publishing,” Danny at Deinde agrees and makes one throw-away comment that caught my eye: “. . . certainly lower-level but reputable publications should be sought.”
I am interested to know what folks in biblical studies (especially New Testament, but anyone really) consider to be those “lower-level [...]

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TCU Prof Accused of Making "Terroristic Threats"

Disturbing news from Inside Higher Ed about a prof at Texas Christian University:
Charles F. Bond Jr., 53, was arrested at his home on Saturday by Fort Worth Police after officers received a warrant by TCU Police detailing charges against the professor. A statement from the university says that Bond “exhibited extremely inappropriate conduct and made [...]

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"Women" versus "female"

I must make one short apology here. Chris Heard calls me out on my use of “women bibliobloggers,” which he notes should be “female bibliobloggers” as “women” is not an adjective. Well, Dictionary.com (oh, holy of holy resources) does have it listed as one, but it is not exactly a ringing endorsement for its usage: [...]

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David Scholer makes LA Times front page

Were it not for this man, my Fuller Seminary experience would be vastly different. I do not even want to imagine it. Thus far, I have learned from Dr. Scholer not only information and theories about the New Testament, early Christianity, and women’s roles in all of the above, but I have also gleaned the [...]

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It's finals week…

. . . so I’m going to try to take it easy online for a little bit. I’ve got:

Monday evening: Greek Reading final exam (translating two passages, doing parsing, answering syntax questions)
Due Wednesday noon: Final 10-15 page exegetical paper on Revelation 4 for Exegetical Methods and Practice (I’m focusing on the centrality of the throne [...]

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Diplomas Denied Over Graduation Cheers

This story gives new meaning to “visiting the iniquity of the parents upon the children” (Ex 34:7)

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June biblioblogger updates… and women bibliobloggers?

[Update (6/7/07): My apologies for using the term "women bibliobloggers": explanation here]
The Biblical Studies Carnival 18 is up as of last night over at Deinde, written by Danny Zacharias. The “carnival” is an attempt to gather together all and highlight the best blogging posts and conversations regarding biblical studies. You can read an explanation with [...]

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