Some theories from various social scientific disciplines make a singular appearance in our field, while others have a bit of staying power. Social Identity Theory (SIT)–or, as it has been called, the “social identity perspective” or the “social identity approach”–appears to fall in that latter category. The concepts are not entirely new (e.g., boundary markers [...]
Browsing the archives for the biblical studies category
23 Feb 10
As a member of the Student Advisory Group, I am currently putting together a panel discussion for this fall’s annual meeting for the Society of Biblical Literature. The panel is aimed at both master’s and doctoral students who are a bit desperate and frustrated to find their own niche in biblical studies. The panel will [...]
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Posted in SBL, biblical studies, career
16 Sep 09
Michael R. Cosby serves as Distinguished Professor of New Testament and Greek at Messiah College. He earned his Ph.D. from Emory University, with a dissertation on the rhetorical structure of Hebrews 11. In 1999, Mike published Portraits of Jesus: An Inductive Approach to the Gospels (Westminster John Knox). This year, he is publishing two works [...]
8 Sep 09
Some believe that Mike’s meme is patronizing or amounts to tokenism. How dare he highlight women who are doing good scholarship! The audacity! Seriously, I do understand the concern, but I think it is only tokenism if it is a token and nothing else. That is, if one has no interest in taking on the [...]
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Posted in biblical studies, biblioblogging, gender
4 Sep 09
Picking up on the gender, gender, gender theme of the week, Mike has initiated a helpful new meme. As I was talking with a friend about the issue of female bibliobloggers, we wondered how the percentage of female bibliobloggers differed from the percentage of female biblical scholars. We tried to name as many female biblical [...]
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Posted in biblical studies, books, gender, memes, scholarship
2 Sep 09
Someone recently mentioned the upcoming Hebrew Bible conference at Notre Dame (”My Ways Are Not Your Ways“), which I hadn’t heard of before. This makes me wonder: what else am I missing? I hear of some cool conferences in the UK, but what biblical studies conferences (other than the obvious national and regional SBL meetings) [...]
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Posted in biblical studies, calls for papers, conferences
17 Aug 09
Interpreting Biblical Literature: An Introduction to Biblical Studies
Author: Michael R. Cosby
Paperback: 424 pages
Publisher: Stony Run Publishing
Year: 2009
ISBN: 9780982477403
Buy: See Stony Run Publishing Website for ordering information.
I would like to send my thanks to Mike Cosby and Stony Run Publishing for sending a copy of his book, hot off the presses.
Starting Off. In my experience, most [...]
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Posted in Michael Cosby, biblical studies, reviews, textbooks
20 Jul 09
HarperCollins Study Bible: Fully Revised and Updated – Student Edition
Editors: Harold W. Attridge (General Editor, Revised); Wayne A. Meeks (General Editor, Original)
Hardcover: 2128 pages
Publisher: HarperOne
Year: 2006
ISBN:9780060786830
Buy: HarperCollins; Amazon
Positives
Excellent running commentary by world-class biblical scholars.
More notes than other study Bibles based on critical research.
The lack of a solidified confessional stance allows for less apologetically motivated notes [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized, bible, biblical studies, book reviews, study bibles
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