Tag: Pedagogy

  • Biblical Hebrew Vocabulary around the BiblioBlogosphere

    It appears that my good friend Daniel has brought up some of my research on Biblical Hebrew vocabulary HERE and HERE (in the comments). I take Daniel’s compliments in high regard. I have kind of been waiting until I defended my dissertation before I posted much on my research.  That will happen in less than…

  • Teaching the Bible: Practical strategies for classroom instruction

    I’ve used or adapted a couple of activities out of Teaching the Bible: Practical strategies for classroom instruction (free preview at Google Books) this semester.  And, I have to say that some of them have worked really well.  Yesterday, we used one of the activities on Proverbs where we constructed a set of proverbs as…

  • Super Secret Stealth Hebrew Students

    Better watch out or one of Brooke’s super secret stealth Hebrew students might snipe you: Delta A Team Rocket Hebrew SEALS Force 5 in Black, P.I. « Anumma Joking aside, I’m sure that having a teacher with an imagination like this probably means that these really are good Hebrew students.

  • This Guy is an Excellent Lecturer

    I have a lot of different side interests, which can be cool but also frustrating at times since there’s not enough time for everything.  But, I checked out this Yale Open Course on Game Theory.  Maybe it’s just this guy’s (Dr. Ben Polak) subject matter, but he’s seems to be a really good lecturer.  I…

  • Brooke Lester on Teaching the Hebrew Bible Backwards

    It is every teacher’s frustration – Getting to the end of the course without making it all the way through the material.  I remember taking Systematic Theology in seminary and having the course end before we got to Eschatology.  Are you kidding me? Brooke over at Anumma is dealing with a similar issue by not…