Oral Tradition and Manuscripts in Biblical Studies – and in PDFs

David Stark pointed out that the free SBL Greek New Testament is now available in pdf format.

The Talmud Blog draws attention to the new issue of Oral Tradition which includes a substantial number of articles related to Biblical studies.

Matt Montonini points out that Mariam Kamell’s PhD dissertation on the Letter of James, earlier Jewish Wisdom  literature, and the Gospel of Matthew, is available online.

Also related, the latest issue of First Monday includes an article on open-access publishing and the inefficiency of its current organization.