Category: Weblog

  • Another Note on Upgrading to and Installing Logos 4 on Ubuntu

    <nerdlet> Following up on yesterday’s comment about upgrading to and installing Logos 4 on Ubuntu via a Windows XP machine in VirtualBox, Logos 4 offers a nice import procedure that allows Logos 3 users to transfer all their personal user data files (e.g., notes, markups, queries) into Logos 4 relatively painlessly. There do, however, seem to be…

  • Upgrading to and Installing Logos 4 on Ubuntu

    <nerdlet> Since May 2007, there has been a pretty healthy discussion among Ubuntu Linux users about installing and operating Logos Bible Software under that operating system. About a month ago now, I finally switched from Windows XP (SP3) to Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty), and since then, I’d been running Logos 3 (Libronix) inside a virtualized Windows XP…

  • On the Web (August 15, 2011)

    Recently, on the web: Oxford University launches the Ancient Lives Project, which includes a web application for which users can register and attempt to decipher Oxyrhynchus papyri (HT: Rob Bradshaw, Jim Davila). Logos Bible Software releases over 3,000 titles from the Perseus Project for free for users of Logos 4.3 and higher. For a bit more information,…

  • RBL Newsletter (August 11, 2011)

    The latest reviews from the Review of Biblical Literature include: Jewish Scriptures and Cognate Studies Ehud Ben Zvi and Diana V. Edelman, eds., The Production of Prophecy: Constructing Prophecy and Prophets in Yehud, reviewed by Bob Becking Joel M. LeMon, Yahweh’s Winged Form in the Psalms: Exploring Congruent Iconography and Texts, reviewed by Jeremy M. Hutton Daniel O’Hare, “Have You…

  • The Christian Institute for the Study of Liberal Arts

    Last fall, the Great Books Honors College at Faulkner University launched the Christian Institute for the Study of Liberal Arts and welcomed the Institute’s first class of Master of Letters students. The Institute will also soon add Bachelor and Doctor of Letters programs. These highly interactive and integrative programs are entirely online and powered by Google…

  • Donnerstag Digest (June 16, 2011)

    Recently, in cyberspace: Princeton Seminary announces that it will host “Creation, Conflict, and Cosmos,” a conference on Rom 5–8, May 2–5, 2012. The British Library adds 24 new manuscripts to its online collection. Robert Woods reflects on some of Mortimer Adler’s comments on education. Mark Bauerlein discusses Stanley Fish. Peter Williams reviews the SBL Greek New Testament.…