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BHS with WHM 4.2 (Logos ed.): An Erratum
Online, things change. In the current version of Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia with Westminster 4.2 Morphology in Logos 4, the “Text” section of the Preface refers readers to http://www.wts.edu/hebrew/whm.html for Al Groves’ “Supplement to the Code Manual for the Michigan Old Testament” (last rev. June 7, 1989). As of this writing, this URL redirects to Westminster Seminary’s homepage,…
Kristeva’s Website
With a hat tips to Carolyn Sharp’s Wrestling with the Word, 32n20, and Phillip Camp’s review of the book in the most recent RBL newsletter, Julia Kristeva has a website on which she has made available a number of resources, mostly in French and English.
On the Web (December 28, 2011)
On the web: Nijay Gupta excerpts Dietrich Bonhoeffer on Advent. Robert Woods reflects on Basil the Great, John Chrysostom, Bonaventure, and their relevance for liberal arts education. Jim Davila notes an announcement from the Israel Antiquities Authority about the recent discovery of a Second Temple era purity “voucher,” and John Byron picks up the same story from…
Changing Zotero Standalone’s Default PDF Viewer in Ubuntu
Apparently, the Gnome desktop environment for Linux systems has an issue with handling some user-specified default application choices. When using Zotero in Ubuntu, therefore, it may be necessary to edit /etc/gnome/defaults.list manually in order to have Zotero default to a PDF viewer besides Evince (e.g., Okular). Changing the “application/pdf=evince.desktop” line in this file to reflect the…
On the Web (Audio-Video Edition; December 23, 2011)
On the web: Daniel Kirk overviews his Jesus Have I Loved, but Paul? (part 1, part 2). [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLKnNC7kJ8w] [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_LtjNBq9aQ] Craig Keener overviews his Miracles (HT: Matthew Miller). [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhbQ3Qd_0nk&w=560&h=315] [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrDVo6Uv_GY&w=560&h=315] [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLUYuec5oDw&w=560&h=315] [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCdgwaQ1ocQ&w=560&h=315] Weston Fields surveys the current state of the Dead Sea Scrolls (HT: Brian LePort). This lecture was recorded…
On the Web (December 22, 2011)
On the web: John Byron passes along some advice for seminary from a graduating seminarian. N. T. Wright reviews Benedict, Casey, and Fisk’s recent works on Jesus (HT: Michael Bird). Dove Booksellers has available, as of this writing, 133 volumes from Richard Longenecker’s library (HT: Michael Bird). Dirk Jongkind comments on Vaticanus’s regular preference for…