Books
Five is not a Multiple of Forty-Two
I hesitate to admit it, but this is a “nerdlets” blog, so perhaps it is safe to confess that I am a fan of the late Douglas Adams’s Hitchhicker’s Guide to the Galaxy. It’s quirky, funny, utterly depressing, and an all-around good read.
It also has a pretty definitive (if rather unhappy) conclusion in the [...]
Pete Enns on NPR
Listen to the hour-long interview of Pete Enns, author of Inspiration and Incarnation, on NPR’s “Radio Times with Marty Moss-Coane” here.
Zotero 1.5 Preview Released
For those who use the excellent bibliographical software Zotero, a major milestone is in the works. The 1.5 release will support, among other features, keeping a full copy of your bibliographic database, which can be accessed by and synced with any of your computers, regardless of Operating System.
The latest release is still in development, and [...]
Greek Summer Reading II: Get a Reader’s Greek New Testament
Continuing with the theme of my previous post–that the best way to learn Greek is to read Greek–let me recommend UBS’s Greek New Testament: Reader’s Edition.
The most difficult aspect of keeping up with Greek is limited time, especially if you are a busy pastor or student juggling multiple projects. A Reader’s Greek NT helps tremendously [...]
Greek Summer Reading
One question I get a lot is “how do I keep up with my Greek?” At the risk of over-simplification, my answer is… wait for it… read Greek!
Lee Irons has a variety of resources on his site to make such reading less intimidating for the beginner to intermediate Greekling. To get started, check out his [...]
A Work-around for Book Idolatry
If you’re anything like me you have a compulsive need to take notes on anything you read combined with a compulsive fear of writing in books. This has been a problem for me. Pencils are no good since the graphite eventually smudges and gets all over the place; colored pencils are better but are not [...]
Zotero: An Introduction, now with SBL support
If you have not already downloaded Zotero, the free, open source bibliographical reference manager for Firefox, now would be a good time. It now supports the cutting edge Firefox 3, and, for all those interested in writing papers in biblical studies, there is now an extension that produces SBL-compliant citations and bibliographies.
Installation is easy enough. [...]
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