Exegetical Insight, Lost Edition

Though perhaps not as significant as yesterday’s exegetical insight, I put myself to the task of translating Jacob’s tapestry from last night’s lost (that pause button is wonderful, isn’t it!).
So here goes. First I transcribed it into miniscules:
θεοι τοσα δοιεν οσα φρεσι σησι μενοινας
So it’s two clauses:
θεοι τοσα δοιεν
οσα φρεσι σησι μενοινας
The latter clause is [...]

Exegetical Insight: 1 Corinthians 15:26

In the course of preparing for their Greek finals I have received a number of wonderful questions from students about this or that passage of Scripture. And since Nick Batzig has been hounding me for over a year to include some kind of Greek exegetical comment on my blog, I thought it might be appropriate [...]

SBL’s Unicode Greek Font Finally Released!

It’s been a long time coming, but SBL has finally released their promised Greek Font. The download page is here, or you can download it directly here. There is also a Hebrew font.
The fonts work in all Operating Systems (Windows, Linux, Mac). They are not open-source (so a couple of other fonts are still my [...]

Unicode Guide for Mac Users

If you ever type in Greek, Hebrew, or any other language that requires special characters, then you need to make sure you are using a Unicode font. I have written up a pretty thorough guide to using Unicode fonts in Windows and/or Linux, but my Mac knowledge is flaky. If you’re a Mac user and [...]

The Open Scriptures Project

We have had many occasions to mention the variety of online resources available for reading and browsing biblical texts here on Nerdlets.org. There is a lot of data online, and the continuing digitilazation of texts means the wealth of data is growing every day.

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Here’s the problem: every website or resource database or [...]

Preach your Greek

Mounce fields a question I get a lot: how do you use your Greek in the pulpit? His answer is well worth a read. My favorite part:
It starts with your homework. The most important place to use biblical languages is behind the scenes in doing your research, whether it be sermon preparation or getting ready [...]

Ubiquity Command for the Westminster Library

If you frequently search the Westminster Library then you may be interested in this post. I have created a command for Firefox’s Ubiquity that allows you to search the Westminster Library Catalog without ever leaving your web page. You can even highlight text on any web page and automatically search the library catalog using that [...]

Ubiquity Command for the Westminster Bookstore

If you love the Westminster Bookstore, then you’re going to want to read this post. I have created a command for Firefox’s Ubiquity that allows you to search the Westminster Bookstore without ever leaving your web page. You can even highlight text on any web page and automatically search WTS Books using that text.
If you [...]

Should you Capitalize the Word “Biblical”

I’m not an über-PC kinda guy, but in papers I try to use non-biased terms like “c.e.” and “Hebrew Scriptures” and gender neutral language where possible. But what about the word “Biblical”? Should it be capitalized? This question has always given me a bit of trouble, since you see it both ways in journals. Well, [...]

Use Ubiquity to Listen to the Bible Online

It is now even easier to search, read, and even listen to the Bible online.
A much improved upgrade to Ubiquity has been released, making this ground-breaking Firefox plugin prettier, more robust, and exceedingly versatile. More to the point, the ESV command for this plugin has also been updated, and the update allows you to listen [...]