Comments on: Affiliate This!

By: Patrick George McCullough

Patrick George McCullough — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:58:58 +0000

Hi Chris, thanks for voicing your concern. I have two links to the comments of your post, one to mine and one to Rochelle’s. I assume you are reacting to the link I made directly to Rochelle’s comment regarding Jim as the “czar”?

I did not intend for that to characterize your post, only a comment that was left there. My apologies if this has caused any confusion. I’ll leave a note above to clarify.

By: Christopher Heard

Christopher Heard — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:53:57 +0000

Pat, I’m always glad to receive incoming links, but I think the words you chose to put over the link to Higgaion seriously misrepresent the overall content of the linked post.

By: Women Bibliobloggers Again?! « kata ta biblia

Women Bibliobloggers Again?! « kata ta biblia — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:01:18 +0000

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By: Patrick George McCullough

Patrick George McCullough — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 01:14:06 +0000

Thanks, Rod. That is a high compliment!

By: Rod

Rod — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 01:09:09 +0000

Thanks, Pat.

Your post makes sense.

By: Patrick George McCullough

Patrick George McCullough — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 23:54:06 +0000

Well, someone’s gotta call a spade a spade, my friend

By: Jim

Jim — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 21:04:34 +0000

im not catholic. how could i be pope? dagnabbit. still if i were pope, rest assured, i wouldnt have any of your blogs destroyed or your families slaughtered or your cats fed to the grinder… i promise.

By: Brandon W

Brandon W — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 20:23:27 +0000

LOL, I’m happy to hear that my crazy theories are out on the fringes of accepted scholarship. I’ll take it as a compliment, Pat.

By: Patrick George McCullough

Patrick George McCullough — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 17:11:47 +0000

Thanks for the response, Bob. Good points. I agree with you on pointing students to established print publications. My concern is less about the good students who know how to do research and can follow directions and more for those students who have trouble with the rules of research. And not all profs may be as good at emphasizing these points as you are.

“the proof will always still be in that person’s credibility.” I’m on board with you. Like I said, this is the only negative thing I can think of. But a badge that says “SBL Affiliate” may lend the appearance of credibility even for those who may not have it otherwise.

By: bobcargill

bobcargill — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 14:43:46 +0000

lol james.

pat, this is stretching a bit, but i get your concern. the fact is, i never let my students cite things from the web, including wikipedia (in which i actively participate). rather, i ask them to read what’s out there on the internet and try to track back the theories back to established print publications in refereed journals with the understanding that if it can be traced back to a refereed journal, it is a widely held theory and has some legitimacy. this is as opposed to something that is read on the internet, and the student is unsure whether the statement is a widely held theory or some nutjob claiming he’s cracked the code of the copper scroll.

anyone can claim to be a biblioblogger. the proof will always still be in that person’s credibility.

how are the tennessee vols doing this morning???