{"id":268,"date":"2011-05-26T11:08:37","date_gmt":"2011-05-26T15:08:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/community\/exploringourmatrix\/?p=264"},"modified":"2011-05-26T11:08:37","modified_gmt":"2011-05-26T15:08:37","slug":"an-introduction-to-biblioblogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2011\/05\/an-introduction-to-biblioblogs.html","title":{"rendered":"An Introduction to Biblioblogs"},"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>Having moved to this new site, I suppose there is another thing I should explain about this blog. It is a <em>biblioblog<\/em>. I know librarians who blog use that term too, but <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Biblioblog\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">the most authoritative source in the known universe<\/a> (which is being considered as a candidate to be <a href=\"http:\/\/www.3quarksdaily.com\/3quarksdaily\/2011\/05\/wikipedia-a-unesco-site.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">declared a UNESCO heritage site<\/a>) says that it means a blog dedicated to Biblical studies. And so presumably that settles it.<\/p>\n<p>Even if you\u2019ve been reading this blog only since it has been at Patheos, you probably already know that bibliobloggers don\u2019t <em>only<\/em> blog about Biblical studies. Depending on an individual biblioblogger\u2019s interests, they might share a <a href=\"http:\/\/io9.com\/5804804\/klingon-for-beginners-a-video-tutorial\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">tutorial for students of the Klingon language<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Klingon Course 1: nuqneH &amp; Qapla&#039;\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/auqS6FR_RDE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>(Of course, Klingon and Hebrew share some similar sounds, so this isn\u2019t completely irrelevant to Biblical studies).<\/p>\n<p>For a comprehensive collection of biblioblogs, check out the <a href=\"http:\/\/rogueleaf.com\/biblioblog-library\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Biblioblog Reference Library<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/biblioblogtop50.wordpress.com\/biblioblogs\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Complete List of Biblioblogs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There are monthly rankings of the <a href=\"http:\/\/biblioblogtop50.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Top 50<\/a> based on Alexa ranking, and <a href=\"http:\/\/biblioblogtop50.wordpress.com\/category\/bibliobloggers-top-10\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Top 10<\/a> by vote. The latter is relatively new, and Exploring Our Matrix has been #1 since voting began. Please do cast a vote \u2013 whether to keep this blog #1, or to shake things up a little.<\/p>\n<p>There is also a monthly <a href=\"http:\/\/rogueleaf.com\/biblioblog-library\/current-issues\/biblical-studies-carnivals\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Biblical Studies Carnival<\/a>. This month it will be <a href=\"http:\/\/thechurchofjesuschrist.us\/2011\/05\/im-going-to-unsettle-your-carnival\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">hosted by Unsettled\u00a0Christianity<\/a>. Joel Watts, who started that blog, is also hoping to edge out long-time #1 biblioblogger Jim West. \u00a0You can help by participating in his latest <a href=\"http:\/\/thechurchofjesuschrist.us\/2011\/05\/meme-answering-jims-mailbag\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">meme<\/a> or just visiting and linking to his site. One reason to do the latter is by way of <a href=\"http:\/\/thechurchofjesuschrist.us\/2011\/05\/im-going-to-unsettle-your-carnival\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">reminder about this month\u2019s carnival<\/a>, for which any submissions ought to be sent in soon!<\/p>\n<p>Welcome to the biblioblogosphere. We hope you enjoy your stay!<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Having moved to this new site, I suppose there is another thing I should explain about this blog. It is a biblioblog. 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