Ancient Hebrew Poetry

Logos Bible Software and the Concept of Networked Books

Mark Coker, founder of Smashwords, a voice to be reckoned with in the world of publishing, has a great many things of interest to say with respect to the future of online and dead-tree publishing in his recent column in HuffingtonPost. Two paragraphs about Logos Bible Software jumped out at me:

Nick Kristof extends an olive branch to evangelicals

Kristof’s most recent column is refreshing. He notes with disarming candor that evangelicals are the new internationalists (evangelicalism, historically speaking, has always been internationalist: see Mark Noll’s historical presentation in The New Shape of World Christianity). He emphasizes that evangelical organizations like World Vision, with a massive donor base that extends beyond the evangelical world, are among the largest international relief and development organizations in the world.

Karyn Traphagen reviews Jo Ann Hackett’s Intro to Biblical Hebrew

Karyn’s review is clear and helpful. And check out her recent reviews of other books of great interest. Each is clear and helpful. UPDATE: Charles Halton has initiated a discussion that might be entitled: "of the making of intro Hebrew grammars there is no end." Go here. Note the comment thread.

Bob Herbert on the first black governor of New York

Not long ago Gail Collins asked, “Who has the most awful political culture, Illinois or New York?” That’s an easy question for someone from the Midwest to answer: Illinois, of course. Nothing could be worse than that. But maybe not. There’s always California. And New York remains a very strong contender, as this piece by Bob Herbert demonstrates.  

Mosab Hassan Yousef: Why Neither the Two-State nor the One-State Solution is a Solution

Yousef’s soon-to-be-released autobiography is a bombshell. There are many reasons why his story is of great interest. 

Why China cannot afford to do without Google

Losing Google would hit China hard, according to this article. Chinese scientists who responded to questions from the journal Nature said Google was a vital research tool for finding academic papers, news and information about discoveries, and new avenues of scholarly collaboration. 

Lisa Robinson on the Comp/Egal Issue

Lisa is a student at Dallas Theological Seminary. A level-headed blogger who speaks from a place of quiet strength, she distances herself from complementarians who simply equate egalitarianism with “effectively setting aside the authority of the Bible.”

Lisa knows full well that egalitarianism can and often is presented as a false gospel, but she does not fall into the trap of binary thinking which says that complementarianism is therefore an essential component of historic Christian orthodoxy. “I am not convinced it deserves that significance,” she says, “and would rather seek to find common ground.” Go here.

The Disenchantment of Secular Discourse

That’s the title of a forthcoming book by Stephen Smith of the University of San Diego. Further details here. A summary of his thesis:

Deadline alert for SBL Atlanta

Now is the time to submit a paper proposal for SBL Atlanta. The deadline is this Sunday February 28th. Even if your title and abstract are preliminary, get the proposal in. It can be adjusted between now and April 1st. The call for papers is here.

A Taxonomy of Bible Translations in English

From the NIDB, here is the taxonomy Donald Brake provides: