I am pleased to report that I have been offered admission into the Ph.D. program in UCLA’s Department of History, to work under Scott Bartchy, and I have accepted the offer! The specialty is technically called “History of Religions,” but I will mostly be concentrating on Christian origins (especially the New Testament, but also beyond). [...]
Browsing the archives for the career category
7 Jan 08
One of the purposes of this blog is to reflect on the journey towards academia. I have been caught up in applying to my next step in that process, namely, doctoral programs. I am, of course, a bundle of nerves, excitement and bewilderment when I think about the fact that I will be somewhere else [...]
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Posted in academia, career
11 Dec 07
This news is a little late in coming, but a couple weeks ago I was welcomed into the family of The Daily Scribe, which has the description: “A growing compendium of exceptional Christian expression.” One of the things that the Scribe is looking for is open-mindedness and dialogue. I am honored and happy to be [...]
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Posted in biblioblogs, blogging, career, the daily scribe
14 Nov 07
Since we moved to Pasadena, my wife and I have been living with an elderly couple (they just turned 96 and 99 recently) in an apartment within their home. The health of the 99-year-old wife has been on the decline for some time, especially in the last week or so. Just yesterday, she passed away. [...]
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Posted in AAR, Gospel of John, SBL, career, death, family, life, seminary life
6 Nov 07
I have a friend who is currently a first year MDiv student at a school that many salivate over. He currently does not know which way his career will go: academic studies or ministry. Currently, he’s so loaded with the daily responsibilities of classwork that he hasn’t had much time to find a niche of [...]
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Posted in career, doctoral programs, hebrew bible, old testament
24 Aug 07
Well, I guess I’ve had my first summer vacation away from blogging. I took a break to go save the world as an intern with Bread for the World, as we all know how much of a global difference interns at nonprofits can make. My self-evaluation form for Fuller’s Field Education office questioned what I [...]
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Posted in bread for the world, career, classes, doctoral programs, hunger, phd applications
21 May 07
Posted today on Inside Higher Ed, is an interesting article entitled “Don’t Be Afraid of Committees.” It is written by Adam Kotsko (see his blog here), a doctoral student in philosophy at Chicago Theological Seminary. He surmises that, far from a waste of time, serving on various committees can become an integral part of the [...]
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Posted in academia, articles, career
18 May 07
Here’s an interesting story of an associate professor of philosophy who got tired of his job and decided to take a two year leave of absence to join the Peace Corps, teaching English in China. I read these articles in The Chronicle of Higher Education written by people having trouble with their academic jobs and [...]
10 Apr 07
I would like to highly commend to you two recent blog postings by Mark Goodacre on the New Testament Gateway blog: Should Blogs Count for Tenure? and Blogging and Tenure 2. Dr. Goodacre, as usual, pushes academia forward in trying to think about the potential for new technologies, rather than getting hung up on the [...]
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Posted in academia, blogging, career
6 Dec 06
So I was going to post each section of my paper on women in ministry as I wrote it, but that turned out to be a non-starter for a number of reasons. Instead, I’m going to adapt sections and perhaps expand upon them for the blog after finals week is over. I’ve still got some [...]
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Posted in career, classes, papers, quotes
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Elsewhere . . .- CONF: Second Qumran Institute Symposium rogueclassicist
- Received: Jefford’s Reading the Apostolic Fathers: An Introduction (author unknown)
- Ancient Greek and Hebrew Fonts agathos
- The Theology of the Declaration of Independence Matt
- Independence Day and Messianic Patriotism Joel Willitts
- An Update of Sorts Michael
- On how to find the meaning of a Greek word noreply@blogger.com (Suzanne McCarthy)
- Another Gladiator Grave Claim — This Time Female? rogueclassicist
- "Mystery" in the DSS and its Perso-Babylonian background paleojudaica@talktalk.net (Jim Davila)
- Biblical illiteracy – no really! clayboy
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