My UCLA colleague Kevin reminds the world on his new blog–while he also notes my “world famous” status. Indeed. Kevin’s post is similar to one that he wrote on the now defunct Novum Testamentum blog. That older post was what inspired me to pursue UCLA as a potential program. If he hadn’t shared that info [...]
Browsing the archives for the doctoral programs category
6 Apr 09
12 Oct 08
I was flabbergasted to read John Stackhouse’s (theology prof at Regent College in Vancouver) recent blog post about applying to PhD programs. First, he warned applicants against asking to defer their acceptance (”It’s not like undergraduate acceptance”). Clearly, that is sage advice. I’m amazed that people even consider doing that. But the second bit in [...]
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Posted in PhD, academia, applications, doctoral applications, doctoral programs
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
3 Sep 07
In response to my last post, Michael W-W asked me what schools, programs and mentors I am considering for doctoral studies. At this point, I’m holding my cards close, not merely to be enigmatic, but because I don’t want to appear to favor one program over another in such a public way. To be honest, [...]
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Posted in NT studies, academia, doctoral programs, early church, phd applications
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
19 Mar 07
In the next six months or so, I will have to create a paper to submit as a sample to doctoral programs. At this point, I am in the planning stages. None of my classes have provided the opportunity for me to create a paper that I feel expresses what most interests me. The topic [...]
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Posted in Jesus, doctoral programs, phd applications, writing sample
22 Nov 06
When I told them that I am an MDiv student hoping to do a NT PhD, this was the inevitable question that arose from scholars I met at the conference. Of course, there are a bunch of schools that would be wonderful to attend and a plethora of exciting scholars under whom I’d love to [...]
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Posted in SBL, academia, career, doctoral programs
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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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