Old in the New

Thursday, August 2, 2007

OT in the NT with BibleWorks

Mark Vitalis Hoffman of Luther Theological Seminary has put together a tutorial on the use of the Old Testament in Matthew 4:4. In this PowerPoint tutorial, he demonstrates how to use BibleWorks 7 to investigate the various issues with interpreting the OT in the NT. (See his blog post.) I have not had a chance to check out the presentation, but given that the topic is on "oldinthenew" and BibleWorks (2 of my favorite things), I figured that it would be good to give everyone a heads up.

I hope we see more of this kind of tutorial in the future.

Link: OT in the NT: Matt 4:4-Learning to work with resources

Labels: bibleworks, exegesis, oldinthenew, resources, technology

Wednesday, August 1, 2007

ten reasons why to drop your cell phone

I've never had one, and as long as I can, I never will. Now I've got ten reasons not to! Rob Beschizza at the Wired Blogs Gadget Lab has given "ten reasons why to drop your cell phone":

It makes your life more complicated
It's horribly expensive
It enslaves you to a one-sided contract
It makes you perpetually available
It is boring
It must constantly be recharged
It knows where you are
It encourages stupid people to become a public menace
Ubiquitous pleather accessory shops
It turns you into a public annoyance

For the complete list and his explanation, see his post.

"Lay aside every weight" and get rid of your cell phone!

(HT Lifehacker)

Labels: humor, technology

Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Doing History in a Digital Age

While the journal Perspectives does not cover theology or biblical studies, the articles in its May 2007 issue may be of interest to bibliobloggers. The issue centers on the topic "History and the Changing Landscape of Information." It may be worth taking a gander. For those who have decried the inaccuracies of Wikipedia, there's an interesting article by a scholar who uses Wikipedia entries as a vehicle for teaching. See "Strange Facts in the History Classroom: Or How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Wiki(pedia)," by Christopher Miller. The entire issue is available online.

Labels: library, teaching, technology

Musings, resources and research related to my interests in early Jewish and Christian literature, librarianship, etc.

: Name: James Darlack; Location: Gloucester, Massachusetts, United States

A graduate of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, I currently serve as the reference librarian at the seminary’s Goddard Library. I am interested in the study of the New Testament and Second Temple Judaism. In seminary I have concentrated my studies both on the Epistle of James and the use of the Old Testament in later Jewish and Christian literature.

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