Archive for July, 2006
I was unware of a current project going on with Nestle-Aland in which they are working on NA28 which will be fully electronic. They have a site which has launched a protoype of this new Greek Text with fully searchable apparatus. It is going to be very nice. It can be found [...]
I have decided to give in and answer the questionnaire that is going around.
1. One book that changed your life:
Besides the Bible, Gordon Fee’s How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth
2. One book that you’ve read more than once: Both of the above.
3. One book you’d want on a desert island: Besides the [...]
I love reading biblical studies blogs. A couple of postings today have caught my attention.
#1 Matthew D. Montonini was kind enough to mention my blog on his very nice site Pauline Perspectives. Do check it out.
#2 Michael Bird at Euangelion posted something of interest to me several days back on John A. [...]
I have spent the evening reading through a stack of books on the Gospel of John.
I keep coming back to two books that I have been working through: John Ashton’s Understanding John and also Studying John. In the former work, Ashton spends a great deal of time doing a forschungsbericht of Johannine studies focusing [...]
Jim West posted an interesting discussion on his blog concerning many of the drawbacks of using Blogger. These include: (1) poor tech-support, (2) frequent problems (especially uploading), (3) slow performance, (4) and negligence on the part of the system administrators.
I concur with his analysis because I also have used Blogger. I started a [...]
On behalf of the New Testament Studies Blog, I want to say thank you to Celucien Joseph at Christ, My Righteousness blog for saying the following encouraging words:
Davit Ritzema’s [sic David Ritsema] excellent New Testament Studies blog is added to my blog roll. One thing David and I have in common is that we’re writing [...]
Alan S. Bandy at Cafe Apocalypsis was kind enough to mention my blog and add its to his blogroll. I reciprocated the favor and added his to mine. He identifies his site as a place where metaphor, the esoteric, and the eschatological meet. Do check it out.
Brady also brought to my attention [...]
1. Kostenberger has noted the need for an internet etiquette. He cites an example where an individual reacted to his critique of their argument by saying they would no longer read any of his books. I have not experienced this in an “academic” setting per se. But I have definitely [...]
I recently posted this to the biblicalgreek discussion list:
In Philippians 4:2 Paul pleads with Euodia and Syntyche. The NIV says that Paul’s pleading is for them to “agree with each other in the Lord.” The KJV says it is to “be of the same mind in the Lord.” (also NRSV while RSV says “to [...]
I enjoy looking through my blogroll at various sites related to biblical studies. Once I arrived at another site, I like to randomly select one of their links. As I looked around today, these are some of the things I noticed:
#1. At Dr. Cathey’s Blog there is an interesting analysis of Eisenbrauns. [...]