Monthly Archives: July 2010

(Re)writing the Bible in Antiquity and Today

Posted on July 31, 2010 by theyellowdart

CANON The New Testament writers and early Church Fathers used the Septuagint (LXX) for proof texts and for personal and communal worship.  The LXX is based on the Old Greek translations of the Hebrew and Aramaic Scriptures

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The Hierarchy of Truth

Posted on July 27, 2010 by enoch

Narratives wield a power measured not in historical accuracy but in effect on the reader. In many cases, the values expressed in a narrative, and especially the way that narrative moves us to thought and action, outranks the relationship of … Continue reading →

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Welcome Guest Blogger: Enoch

Posted on July 27, 2010 by TT

We’d like to welcome Enoch as our latest guest blogger! Enoch holds and/or is working on degrees in biblical studies and is interested in issues about revelation and epistemology. Please join us in offering a hearty welcome!

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A Student Comment on Social Justice, Rawls, and Chris H.

Posted on July 22, 2010 by Chris H.

Professor H, A student in your Political Philosophy course asked that these comments be forwarded to you since they could not fit in the comment box available on the Student Ratings survey: This is from a student in my Political … Continue reading →

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Tips on landing a job in religion, #2

Posted on July 21, 2010 by gwesley

Next up, and perhaps the last for a while, is Taylor P. He writes: I received a ThD in New Testament and Early Christianity from a divinity school that works within a “religious studies” paradigm. I have been hired in … Continue reading →

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A Hospital for Those Infected with Ph.D.

Posted on July 19, 2010 by jupiterschild

Most of my advisors tell me something to the effect that they don’t know any PhD grad who doesn’t get 5 years out and hate their dissertation, think the opposite of what they wrote, etc. In BYU Religious Education, this … Continue reading →

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Socrates, The Crito, and Me: On being a Ute

Posted on July 17, 2010 by Chris H.

In Plato’s dialogue Crito, Socrates tells his friend Crito that he cannot flee his death sentence and impose upon himself exile. He is an Athenian and everything he has become, all the things that make him Socrates, are the result … Continue reading →

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Some more on true/false and academic responsibility (a.k.a. intellectual honesty)

Posted on July 16, 2010 by gwesley

*As will soon become apparent, I have been influenced by several posts of late. You might consider this a longish comment. In a routine meeting, I recently heard a department chair of religious studies describe the relationship he has with … Continue reading →

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Tips on landing a job in religion, #1

Posted on July 15, 2010 by gwesley

So you managed to get into a graduate program. Now what? As a continuation of the Tips on applying series, we’re asking recent PhDs and ThDs in religion and related disciplines to share their experience in preparing for and succesfully … Continue reading →

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Happy Bastille Day!

Posted on July 14, 2010 by Chris H.

There’s no bread, let them eat cake There’s no end to what they’ll take Flaunt the fruits of noble birth Wash the salt into the earth But they’re marching to Bastille Day La guillotine will claim her bloody prize Free … Continue reading →

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