{"id":1801,"date":"2011-09-07T05:50:35","date_gmt":"2011-09-07T13:50:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/community\/exploringourmatrix\/?p=1780"},"modified":"2011-09-07T05:50:35","modified_gmt":"2011-09-07T13:50:35","slug":"discussion-of-languages-and-new-testament-study-around-the-blogosphere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2011\/09\/discussion-of-languages-and-new-testament-study-around-the-blogosphere.html","title":{"rendered":"Discussion of Languages and New Testament Study around the Blogosphere"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/zwingliusredivivus.wordpress.com\/2011\/09\/07\/languages-humanities-and-a-new-testament-phd\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">discussion<\/a> of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/community\/exploringourmatrix\/2011\/09\/06\/essential-languages-and-tools-for-new-testament-study\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">which languages you need for New Testament study seems to have gone viral<\/a>. Here are <a href=\"http:\/\/paleojudaica.blogspot.com\/2011_09_04_archive.html#5711010701120731290\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">links<\/a> to those who have <a href=\"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/community\/bibleandculture\/2011\/09\/04\/the-pretenders-and-the-contenders-nt-studies-doctoral-students\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">chimed in<\/a> since <a href=\"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/community\/exploringourmatrix\/2011\/09\/06\/essential-languages-and-tools-for-new-testament-study\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">I wrote my own post on the subject<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vroma.org\/~bmcmanus\/VRworkshop.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"263\" height=\"216\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sheffieldbiblicalstudies.wordpress.com\/2011\/09\/07\/languages-humanities-ntphd\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">James Crossley<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/targuman.org\/blog\/2011\/09\/06\/how-many-languages-does-it-take-to-get-to-the-center\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Chris Brady<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.telecomtally.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/this_isnt_kindergarten.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Duane Smith<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/larryhurtado.wordpress.com\/2011\/09\/07\/fair-comment-and-personal-abuse\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Larry Hurtado<\/a> (<a href=\"http:\/\/larryhurtado.wordpress.com\/2011\/09\/05\/tools-of-the-trade-encore\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">twice<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bwsixteen.wordpress.com\/2011\/09\/07\/on-the-tools-of-the-trade-a-serious-rejoinder-for-sensible-academics\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">BW16<\/a> (<a href=\"http:\/\/bwsixteen.wordpress.com\/2011\/09\/06\/germanfrench-fetishes-and-objective-queer-bible-scholarship\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">twice<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/zwingliusredivivus.wordpress.com\/2011\/09\/06\/what-languages-must-one-know-in-order-to-be-competent-in-the-field-of-biblical-studies\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Jim West<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cryptotheology.wordpress.com\/2011\/09\/07\/tools-of-the-trade-what-happened-at-my-viva\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Matthew R. Malcolm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>See also <a href=\"http:\/\/ntmark.wordpress.com\/2011\/09\/05\/mark-and-newer-methods\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Mike Kok\u2019s contribution on the method end of the discussion<\/a>, which I didn\u2019t even get to in my own post. Perhaps I should do a follow up?<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The discussion of which languages you need for New Testament study seems to have gone viral. Here are links to those who have chimed in since I wrote my own post on the subject: James Crossley Chris Brady Duane Smith Larry Hurtado (twice) BW16 (twice) Jim West Matthew R. 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