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The Limited Usefulness of Semantic Domains for Learning Biblical Hebrew Vocabulary (Part 1)
New related post: Interference When Learning Semantically Related Words (A Bibliography) I hope that no one takes this post as too harsh of a critique as I applaud anyone’s effort to make Biblical Hebrew instruction better. I have noticed in two recent posts materials for learning Biblical Hebrew vocabulary that make use of semantic domains. …
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Equidistant Letter Sequence Research on Jim West's Comment Policy
Reveals that he is in fact the AntiChrist and spawn of Satan. Using OnlineBibleCode.com (Thank God for their wonderful, Bible believing ministry!) I have been able to prove this beyond any shadow of a doubt. Jim West’s comment policy has been the subject of a number of posts recently. And, I wondered why he would…
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If We Had Known Our Daughter's Hair Was Going to Look Like This …
We would have named her Annie.
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SBL Atendees – Best Site for All Things New Orleans
If you’re attending SBL and are trying to find a good site to check out for the latest on the city of New Orleans, I’d recommend NOLA.com. As someone who lives a little bit outside of the city but who wants to keep up to date, this is the site that I check most frequently. …
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If You're Wondering About the Weather for SBL
A couple of people have asked me about the weather for SBL since I’m a native. This SITE has our past average temperatures for the month of November. We seem to be right around average this year. It has been pretty mild with overnights in the 50s-60s and daytime temperatures in the 60s-70s. We can…
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The Reaction of My Daughters to Jim West's Recent Lambasting of Dora
Here is the reaction of my daughters to Jim West’s recent lambasting of Dora the Explorer: _ – _ – _ – _ – – _ – _ The children, Jim! Think about the children!
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Grice's Maxims Applied to Biblical Interpretation
I posted shortly ago about Grice’s “Maxims of Conversation,” but I wanted to take a brief moment to say that these maxims are not only useful ideas for conversation, but also can be applied to Biblical interpretation. Take for example the “Maxim of Manner,” which has as a sub-point “be brief (avoid unnecessary wordiness).” One…
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Grice's Maxims of Conversation
Tim Bulkeley of SansBlogue has recently started a series of posts about communication (HERE, HERE, and HERE) that is worth checking out. And, as I read the first couple of posts a lot of this information reminded me of Grice’s “Maxims of Conversation,” which I first encountered in some introductory books on linguistics, such as Cognitive…
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Videos on the Portrayal of God in the Hebrew Bible
Don’t know how I allowed myself to get scooped on this because I was very interested in this conference when I first heard about it and wished I could have attended. At any rate, here is a link to a conference held at Notre Dame University entitled “My Ways are Not Your Ways.” The conference…
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Doug Chaplin on Theology
I checked out a post by Doug Chaplin today on problems with the idea of canon formation. That post has the potential for sparking an interesting discussion; however, it also reminded me of something I have forgotten to do, though I have been meaning to do it for a while. I wanted to point my…