Academics
Review of Biblical Literature (02.14.2012)
The following new reviews have been added to the Review of Biblical Literature and listed on the RBL blog (http://rblnewsletter.blogspot.com/): Craig L. Blomberg, with Jennifer Foutz Markley A Handbook of New Testament Exegesis http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=8106 Reviewed by Jan G. van der Watt John Drane Introducing the Old Testament http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=8064 Reviewed by Jordan M. Scheetz Gregg Gardner [...]
The Biblical Language Superiority of LaTeX over MS Word
A few months ago, I wrote a post (here) on how LaTeX was a suitable answer to doing Hebrew over Microsoft Word, especially in OS X. After a month or so of tinkering more deeply with LaTeX, I have come to appreciate its capabilities over that of Word. Granted, Mellel is another contender, but because [...]
Paper Proposal for 2012 Pacific Northwest AAR-SBL Meeting Accepted!
As Brian mentioned, I will be presenting at the PNW meeting of the American Academy of Religion and the Society of Biblical Literature. My paper will be a portion of my Master of Arts thesis that I did on the Prologue of the Gospel of John. In short, I will be looking at the deuteronomic [...]
How people view students of theology.
HT: KEVIN BROWN.
AAR-SBL paper proposal accepted!
On Saturday I received an email from Dr. Kent Yinger of George Fox University informing me that my paper proposal was accepted for this years PNW AAR-SBL meeting. The title of the paper will be “Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and the Disciples of John the Baptist? An Examination of Acts 19.1-7 as a Polemic Against the Remnant [...]
One step closer to finishing my thesis!
I turned in my thesis tonight after the second to final stage of editing. My readers have a week to browse over it one more time and let me know if I should change anything else then it is time to get with our librarian to begin the process of preparing it for print. Someday [...]
The pastorate as a consolation prize (with some words from John Chrysostom)?
Yesterday I wrote, “Is the declining job market of academia good for the church?” in response to a posts written by Marc Cortez and Jim West (read the original post for links). I asked if it was a good thing that some people who hoped to be professors instead become pastors because they could not find a job [...]
Is the declining job market of academia good for the church?
I am a few months away from completing my Master of Theology (Th.M.) degree from Western Seminary in Portland, OR. I have a MA in Biblical and Theological Studies from the same institution and my undergraduate program majored in biblical studies. It has been my goal to begin doctoral work in 2013. I’ve done my [...]
Review of Biblical Literature (02.09.2012)
The following new reviews have been added to the Review of Biblical Literature and listed on the RBL blog (http://rblnewsletter.blogspot.com/): Michael Avioz “I Sat Alone”: Jeremiah among the Prophets http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=7959 Reviewed by Jerry Hwang Roy E. Ciampa and Brian S. Rosner The First Letter to the Corinthians http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=7856 Reviewed by Korinna Zamfir Bruce N. Fisk [...]
Homogeneity breeds weakness.
I’ve wanted to read a book on neurobiology for some time. It is a subject that fascinates me. I’m satisfied with being an outsider watching the unfolding of this strange, relatively young field of science. Yesterday I purchased V.S. Ramachandran’s The Tell-Tale Brain: A Neuroscientist’s Quest for What Makes Us Human. It has been a [...]
No, I don’t want to say that.
As I was reading the notes written on the early draft of my thesis by my two readers I came across this question next to one of my paragraphs: “do you want to say this?” I reread it and no, I didn’t. It was a snarky and arrogant interaction with the position of someone who [...]
Our histories are unique and diverse.
In the State of Arizona the law AZ 15-112 was passed to ban ethnic studies. (You can read the details of the law here.) In my estimation it is inherently contradictory if you’ve heard the stories of the teachers from these programs (I had the opportunity to hear Curtis Acosta at Portland State University recently [...]
τῷ τὴν τιμὴν τὴν τιμήν: Dr. Carole Spencer
Carole Spencer was still part of the regular faculty when I took Spirituality and the Writings of the Mystics. This was one of the most enjoyable classes I had, even though it was presented in a hybrid format, a format from which I tend to shy away. Carole’s knowledge of the mystics were astounding, and [...]
Oral Defense scheduled.
The oral defense for my Th.M. thesis has been scheduled for Wednesday, March 21st, 2012 from 12 noon to 2 PM. At Western Seminary this includes one hour on the content of the thesis and one hour discussing past classes taught by the faculty on my panel. Those faculty will be Dr. Marc Cortez, Dr. [...]
Review of Biblical Literature (12.31.2011)
The following new reviews have been added to the Review of Biblical Literature and listed on the RBL blog (http://rblnewsletter.blogspot.com/): Daniel Bodi The Demise of the Warlord: A New Look at the David Story http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=8001 Reviewed by Jeremy Hutton M. Eugene Boring Mark: A Commentary http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=5593 Reviewed by W. R. Telford Bruce Chilton and Deirdre [...]
τῷ τὴν τιμὴν τὴν τιμήν: Dr. MaryKate Morse
MaryKate Morse is Professor of Leadership and Spiritual Formation. Under her, I took Prayer and the introductory and exegetical Greek classes. I learned more about biblical Greek that year than in my previous years of study. I also learned that there were different ways to pray, which contrasted with my first introduction to prayer as [...]
τῷ τὴν τιμὴν τὴν τιμήν: Dr. Roger Nam
Roger Nam is Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies. I have taken seven classes with Roger: Old Testament I & II, Hebrew Readings (4x), and Spirituality and the Mind. It was in Old Testament that I was introduced to modern biblical studies and theological methods and systems, like form-, source-, and redaction-criticism, Sitz im Leben, liberation theology, [...]
τῷ τὴν τιμὴν τὴν τιμήν: Dr. Daniel Brunner
Dan Brunner is Professor of Church History and Formation. I took both of his courses of Christian history and theology and the spiritual formation course “Knowing Self, Knowing God.” These were some of my favorite classes and one of the reasons that I loved seminary as much as I did. Dan is a passionate professor, [...]
τῷ τὴν τιμὴν τὴν τιμήν: Dr. Stephen Delamarter
Steve Delamarter is Professor of Old Testament Studies and co-chair of the Society of Biblical Literature section on the Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible. In the 2008–2009 school year, I was a student in his introductory Hebrew and exegetical Hebrew classes. He invited me to serve as one of his three teaching assistants for these [...]
τῷ τὴν τιμὴν τὴν τιμήν: A Series
The title of this series comes from Romans 13:7 where the audience is admonished to repay honor to whom honor is due. I’m following Brian’s series a couple of years back (see June 2009 archive). That is what I intend to do in this upcoming series. Many months back, Brian announced my graduation. This was [...]
The Answer to Hebrew in Word
Having worked with biblical Hebrew in my Master of Arts thesis, I’ve found Word 2008 very lacking in right-to-left language capabilities. There were many times where the Hebrew characters were disordered, and even a few times where whole sentences became deranged. In fact, I think if Bultmann’s theory of the disordering of the Fourth Gospel [...]
Abstract submitted for the SBL Northwest Regional Meeting!
I submitted my first abstract for a SBL event this morning! These are the details: Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and the Disciples of John the Baptist? An Examination of Acts 19.1-7 as a Polemic Against the Remnant of the Baptist’s Disciples In the Book of Acts there are four pericopae wherein the author associated signs and [...]
I found gratitude in the Tenderloin.
As a human, and as a citizen of the United States, I find it easy to become full of ingratitude and thanklessness. I see what others have received and what others have accomplished and the false deity of the “American Dream” tells me that it is my right to possess more and to accomplish more. [...]
Back from AAR/SBL.
I attended the Annual Meetings of the American Academy of Religion (AAR) and the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL) for the first time this year. It was a wonderful time, especially since it was located in San Francisco, which I consider to be “home”. This allowed me to enjoy the conference as well as some [...]
The final day of AAR/SBL
Today is the final day of AAR/SBL. I don’t want it to end. First, it is in my home city of San Francisco. I love this place. Portland is a good town, but it is not home. Yet I must return. Second, this conference has been amazing. I’ve learned more than I can process. I [...]
AAR/SBL Update 11.20.2011 #SBLAAR
I will be at S20-231, Tensions and Coherence in Mark’s Mysterious Picture of Jesus and S20-347, Tipping Points: A Scholarly Discussion of Life in the Academy.
AAR/SBL Bibliobloggers Dinner
Last night I went to the AAR/SBL Bibliobloggers Dinner. It was awesome to finally meet people like Jim West, Joel Watts, Ken Brown, Michael Halcomb, Robert Cargill, Christian Brady, and others. For those who left early you missed Adrianna Wright of IVP who brought us gift IVP tote bags! I didn’t take pictures, but I [...]
AAR/SBL Live Blog 11.19.2011 #SBLAAR
4:05 PM: Ending day one in a session discussing Scripture in the Synoptics. 1:05 PM Next up: S19-242a, “The Future of Biblical Studies: What Research Still Needs to be Done?” 11:00 AM Terry Bedbarz gave a paper on Lk 16.24-18 and now it is Timothy Lang of Duke University on Lk 17.37. 10:15 AM Chad [...]
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