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NETS LXX
Via Ancient World OnLine, I learned about updates to the New English Translation of the Septuagint, which is available for free in pdf format online. The pdfs include significant discussion in addition...
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Taking KJV-Onlyism As Far As It Can Go
I thought that the view of the King James Version of the Bible that Stuff Fundies Like shared last week was extreme. Then they shared this doctrinal statement from Cornerstone Independent Baptist...
View ArticleGod is Agape
I recently had someone say something about “leaving students agape” on Twitter. It is perhaps a professional hazard that I initially thought that “agape” was a transliterated Greek word (meaning love)...
View ArticleThe Meh Version
A couple of people on Facebook mentioned an article about a new English language Bible translation, the Modern English Version (MEV for short). The website for the translation, quoted in the article,...
View Article#YCAS2015 Third Panel
The session after lunch began with Brandon Hawk talking about the use of apocryphal narratives in medieval English preaching (as also in art), using the interdisciplinary approach of transmission...
View ArticleNeglecting Italian Scholarship
While in Italy, I had a conversation with a scholar from Sicily about the tendency for English-speaking scholars to ignore scholarship in languages such as Italian and Spanish. While I’ve tried to make...
View ArticleLanguage of Instruction
When I saw this in the description of a course taught at a German university, I had to laugh: The information on the page in question is otherwise in English.
View ArticlePetra: Go For A Camel Ride Later?
Even more than a year later, I still have photos and stories to share from last year’s trip to the Holy Land, which I have never shared on this blog. It was such a rich experience that I continue to...
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