The forum looks nice and a few of you have checked it out before any real content was/is there. The only drawback I can see is that there is no way to receive updates on the page via RSS. So the advantages of a blog are lost (you have to […]
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This is from Kevin. Thanks for the heads up! What’s Wrong with the SBL? The Chronicle of Higher Education has a provocative piece by Jacques Berlinerblau entitled “What’s Wrong with the Society of Biblical Literature?” As I and many fellow bibliobloggers will be descending on Washington, DC, next week for […]
In comments on Stephen Cook’s post I asserted that scholars outside of the field of biblical literature proper (e.g., English faculty who teach “The Bible as Literature”) often deal with what Stephen referred to as “the white elephant in the room: Scripture by its nature is all about claims to […]
In preparing for this paper, I came across this 1998 article by JZ Smith (is he related, son perhaps, of Wilfred Cantwell Smith?) “Teaching the Bible in the Context of General Education” (Teaching Theology and Religion, Volume 1, Issue 2, Page 73-78, Jun 1998). It is a very interesting read, […]
Or portions of it, I guess. It is hard to tell, but Jim West pointed this out on the XTalk list. (Actually, he has already blogged on it here and I missed it. Update your Dr. Jim West feeds everyone!)
If you are interested in keeping up with the latest podcasting going on around PSU check out “New and Cool on iTunes U”. Be sure to see the second episode, called “A Tale of Two Bradys.” 🙂
As a long time Mac user I am glad to see not only the resurgence of Apple Corp on campus, but that PSU is very heavily Apple. Inside Higher Ed has a biblical twist with their opening sentence of this story. In the beginning, there was Apple. “At one point, […]
I was going to try and provide links to the SBL Sections dealing with the above topic. Unfortunately the search function does not provide a usable link. For your convenience, I am providing the sessions and the paper topics below. I am in the session withe theme “Transforming the Curriculum” […]
This could be interesting. The article is subscription only but the gist is easy enough to get from below. “Citizendium” Can scholars build a better version of Wikipedia? Larry Sanger, a co-founder who has since become a critic of the open-source encyclopedia, intends to find out. This week Mr. Sanger […]
My life is a little busier than in the past. This is a light week for me (click to see the full size, images blurred to protect the innocent):