21 June 2009
New Career Developments
27/06/09 15:52
Well, I learned this week that I would not be
adjuncting at Notre Dame Seminary in New Orleans for
the coming semester. They just hired two new
full-time faculty members with one of them being in
Sacred Scripture. I think this will be very good for
the seminary and add to the sense of academic
community in a way that having a number of adjunct
faculty coming in and out never could. However, I
must say I will miss seeing my students two days out
of the week. I wish them all the best with their
continued studies. Read More...
Amazon International Shipping
25/06/09 08:39
In a previous version of my report on
Free Audio Bibles for my Email list
subscribers, I had stated that I was unsure
if Amazon.com shipped internationally. So, I
went and checked out their site. And, in fact,
they do offer international shipping and at very
reasonable rates. For instance, a shipment
to Asia or the Pacific Islands could be as low
as $5 US. Some people will have gotten the full
information on this in the report; however, some
who received the report earlier will not have
gotten all of the information. Thus, if as a
last resort you feel like you want to purchase
an audio Bible, be sure to check out Amazon.
Their best deal in my opinion is the Mp3 CD of the NIV Dramatized Audio
Bible, which is under $40 US. Read
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A Suggestion for Old Testament Reading and Listening
24/06/09 08:39
If you are looking for a new and different way to
read or listen to the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible, I
would suggest trying to listen to the books in the
traditional Hebrew ordering if you have never done
so. Read
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Another Free Audio Bible Link - King James Version
23/06/09 10:55
I've just posted a link to a free King James Version
audio Bible on the Audio
Bibles page of this site. The King James
Version text is out of copyright, so this
opportunity is legitimate. I have been dismayed
lately at a number of sites posting the NIV for
free download without license. These types of
sites are little bit scary to me. If they are
willing to steal copyrighted material, what
might the site do to my computer? At any rate, I
do not believe that would be an issue with this
King James Version download. I hope you enjoy
and continue to check back on this site from
time to time for more free audio Bible
opportunities. Read
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Teaching the 10 Plagues to Children
22/06/09 09:22
This past week at Vacation Bible School (=VBS) I
helped with the rather difficult task of teaching the
10 plagues to children in Pre-K through 5th grades.
Usually when this is done the teaching materials at
least tone the stories down a bit due to the violence
(i.e. the killing of the firstborn). However, I was
shocked to find that the materials that we were using
did not do so. Granted when the materials were
chosen, the leaders of VBS probably assumed that the
stories would be toned down. Read More...
Schiffman and Freedman Videos
21/06/09 07:41
I added two new videos to the site this week, but was
unable to post about them. One is a video of Lawrence
Schiffman lecturing on Judaism, Christianity and
the Dead Sea Scrolls. This video should be
excellent. I have listened to Schiffman's course
on the Dead Sea Scrolls in the Modern Scholar
series, and it was very enlightening.
The other video is David Noel Freedman lecturing on Biblical Scholarship. This video is a phenomenal opportunity since Freedman passed away in April of 2008. He was a preeminent scholar in the field of Biblical Studies. And, this video has preserved an opportunity to actually watch him speak about this subject. Read More...
The other video is David Noel Freedman lecturing on Biblical Scholarship. This video is a phenomenal opportunity since Freedman passed away in April of 2008. He was a preeminent scholar in the field of Biblical Studies. And, this video has preserved an opportunity to actually watch him speak about this subject. Read More...