I saw the above on Reddit and knew I had to share it. It is the creation of Zach Weinersmith, the person behind Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal comics. It is apparently a real product that you can purchase, although you can also download a pdf version for free. See also the TL;DR version of the Bible that I shared here a couple of years ago, also via Reddit. How would you summarize the plot or main points in each book of... Read more
Coming up soon. Apparently it is already enrolled nearly to capacity! For those who are wondering, I will not just talk about Canon the card game at the event, but will focus on the underlying rationale behind developing individual game activities, and going further than that, adopting a gamified approach to the whole syllabus for a course. For those who were wondering, the GameCrafter editions of Canon reached me by mail yesterday afternoon and look great: If you ordered decks I hope they reach... Read more
A video made by someone who doesn’t know that employment rates for those who major in religious studies are comparable to those of any other major. Can you guess which three they chose for the video? Which three would you have focused on, if not these? Read more
I just learned that, through a bit of poor communication within my department, I’ll be teaching my new core curriculum course on the Bible and Music the same semester that my colleague teaches his course on the Psalms. Although we would have avoided this convergence if we had noticed it, the intersection should be beneficial and there is unlikely to be overlap. My course will barely scratch the surface of the Psalms, while my colleague Paul Valliere focuses relatively little attention on... Read more
The above lecture by Mark Harris, given at the Faraday Institute in Cambridge, came to my attention recently. Read more
HT Jerry Coyne, who obviously doesn’t appreciate her perspective. Read more
Canon: The Card Game is now available for purchase! There are currently three decks available: The Fandom Edition Deck 1 The New Testament Edition Deck 1 The Old Testament Edition Deck 1 If you click through to the Game Crafter website using any of the above links, you will be able to download the rules, as well as purchase the game. Each deck contains 108 cards, which will allow 2-8 players to play without difficulty. (If you are playing with... Read more
Via Hemant Mehta. Even he could appreciate the humor. Read more
J. K. Turner has posted the latest Biblical Studies Carnival. Phil Long has additional information about upcoming carnivals. There could totally be a version of the Canon card game focused on whether various blogs are “biblioblogs” or not… Of related interest, I’ve been meaning to share a link to another relatively new biblioblog that I only became aware of recently, called…“A Better Brand of BS.” Read more
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