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Jim’s title was probably a bit of overstatement
But thanks for the link love! Jim responded to my post about why I finished my PhD this morning with a post entitled: And Jeremy Thompson is Glad Peter Enns Wasn’t His Doctoral Advisor. As I told Jim on Facebook, I’m sure I’d have been happy with Dr. Enns as my supervisor as long as: The…
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“Holocaust” as translation value
The best SBL presentation I attended this year, hands down, was by Shira Leibowitz Schmidt. It was entitled “Translating Biblical Verses in Rabbinic Holocaust Memoirs.” One of the particular translation values she talked about was “holocaust” for some words that many modern Bible translations render as “whole burnt offering.” Many Holocaust survivors dislike “holocaust” as…
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Why I finished my PhD
Peter Enns has written a post making its way around my Facebook thread entitled are PhD programs in biblical studies ethical? a final thought from SBL. This is obviously a complex issue, but I see posts like this often enough that I’ve wanted to sit down and blog my experience for quite a while. When I…
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Doctoral Researchers Should Think Databases
Over the next week or so I plan to say a little bit about two of the best SBL presentations I saw this year. Here I wanted to mention one of them that was by Johan de Joode who is at the Catholic University of Leuven. I had the privilege of having an impromptu lunch with him after a…
