Wednesday, May 12, 2004

THE SBL FORUM has posted a number of interesting short articles this month, as Mark Goodacre (here and here and here) and Torrey Seland have already noted. I haven't had the chance to read them all (I'm having the chance to do precious little reading outside things directly relevant to The Book right now), but here are some that look interesting:

Writing a Dissertation in Biblical Studies
by Jane S. Webster
"Learning how to write about the Bible in a dissertation was a challenge. In spite of the fact that I had to balance the needs of my family, the demands of being a teaching assistant, and the hunt for meaningful employment, I had to get the job done."

Writing in the Greco-Roman World
by Ronald F. Hock
"The skills and techniques that are necessary to be able to write any number of genres are taught in every educational system, and education in the Greco-Roman world was no different, though perhaps it did so with a rigor and thoroughness that would surprise those who are familiar only with current methods of teaching writing."

Hypertext and Publication in Biblical Studies
by Tim Bulkeley
My experiments with the hypertext forms of communication in biblical studies have centered on the genre of commentary. This genre, with its goal of explaining or interpreting a prior text, has features that are inherently hypertextual.

A Brewing Thought, a Spot of Tea: Scholarly Writing as Adventure
by Cheryl A. Kirk-Duggan
"By getting to know yourself better, from the inside out, you will become a better writer."

Journal of Biblical Literature Today
by Susan E. Haddox
Nearly half of the articles published in recent years utilize newer methodologies, including narrative, ideological, and sociological approaches

NOTE (13 May): Sorry, somehow this post got demoted to draft status and disappeared for a while. Can't say I'm impressed with Blogger's new setup so far. It seems prone to this sort of mixup.

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