I have just learned that I have been awarded the major grant that I applied for: the Graduate Research Mentorship. The program provides a large stipend (even more than a TAship) and tuition remission. In the age of California’s budgetary apocalypse, student protests over UC tuition hikes, and my department’s inability to pay for copies [...]
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21 May 10
I often wonder why it is that I am so drawn to apocalyptic thought in my research, not to mention why people seem to be paying more and more attention to the topic generally speaking (e.g., see this upcoming conference). What I consider my “bad romance” with apocalyptic thought began in the summer of 2006 [...]
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
21 Sep 09
A shared office. But this shared office, apart from being my first official “office” at any institution, has special meaning. After Prof. Bartchy’s office, this office is the second room that I visited on UCLA’s campus. As a prospective Ph.D. student, I awkwardly stumbled on campus to meet one of Bartchy’s grad students in person, [...]
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Posted in career, life, ucla
19 Aug 09
SBL Career Center has been posting positions for 2010 and I thought I’d take a peek at the spots that are out there. I’m not applying for these spots as I’m not on the market yet, but it’s never too early to investigate the lay of the land. I noticed a common requirement. Historical-critical scholars [...]
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Posted in academia, career, ideological criticism, jobs, new testament
8 Jul 09
I have taught in a few different capacities. Several of those have been ministry-related–small groups, sermons, Sunday school, etc. My first teaching assistant position was for Greek as an undergrad, where I often helped go through homework with students in class. In that position, in TA spots I had at Fuller Seminary and as a [...]
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Posted in career, pedagogy, ucla
2 Feb 09
When my wife and I sat down in the middle of the night with a home pregnancy test in bewildered awe of the coming tectonic shift in our lives, I didn’t really consider the situation that I would be in when our little baby entered the world. From our calculations, it looked like he would [...]
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Posted in acadadia, academia, career, parenthood
19 Sep 08
It hasn’t quite become official–I have to pass my classes after all –but I have handed in my last assignment for Fuller Theological Seminary. I have now finished all the work necessary to earn my Master of Divinity. I am so excited to start bossing around divine beings. I believe my first command [...]
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Posted in academia, career, seminary
10 Sep 08
Many may know about the discussion raised by Hector Avalos about the “end of biblical studies.” For those who don’t, I will catch you up a little bit. The issue is about whether we should teach biblical studies as an academic discipline and, if so, how we should go about it. The issue obviously hits [...]
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Posted in American culture, Avalos, DeConick, Koester, academia, bible, biblical studies, career, hermeneutics
10 May 08
If I needed any confirmation that New Testament and Christian origins are “my thing,” here it is. My current quarter contains no such classes and I’m feeling the energy drain. I feel like the extrovert without her crowd or the introvert without his quiet place. A few other factors may be playing a role. For [...]
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Posted in Robert Jewett, career, new testament, seminary life
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Elsewhere . . .- Some Thoughts On Being A DSS/Second Temple Scholar agathos
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- Quote of the Day (Bob Cargill) James F. McGrath
- Fall 2010 Term at Duke Stephen C. Carlson
- NT Blog Seven Years Old Today! Mark Goodacre
- Teaching the Bible e-pub latest Mark Goodacre
- Biblical Studies Carnival, and Other Blog News Mark Goodacre
- First blind PhD graduate in biblical languages? paleojudaica@talktalk.net (Jim Davila)
- CONF: Second Qumran Institute Symposium rogueclassicist
- Received: Jefford’s Reading the Apostolic Fathers: An Introduction (author unknown)
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