I'm still in New Orleans, where, since Wednesday, I've been attending and participating in the annual meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society (ETS). The next conference begins tomorrow, the annual meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL). Before the...
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Theses and Dissertations on UFO-Related Topics
[UPDATE 6/26/2013: Thanks to Jonas for adding some theses and dissertations in a comment - I have added them at the end of this post. MSH. Thanks as well (7/1/2013) to the Spooky Paradigms blogger for directing my attention to his first post in the series, where he...
More Online Resources for Vaccination Against PaleoBabble
There's been a spate of resources that have popped up online in recent days for excellent resources to study the ancient world. Some of these resources have been around a while, but have gotten some recent attention and traffic on various blogs and news sites. Here...
Thoughts on ETS and SBL
Well, the annual meetings are history. I'm glad, too. I don't do much traveling since I can't say I enjoy it much. But it's nice to connect with scholar-friends I see only once a year and to hear (for the most part) some interesting papers. Now for some random...
Recordings of ETS Meeting Sessions
A commenter jarred my mind to recall that ETS (Evangelical Theological Society) sessions are recorded as MP3 files by a company who's done that for years. Click here for that website. The link leads you to a "pre-pub" offer for this year's event, plus previous years....
Online Soncino Babylonian Talmud English Translation
For those interested in the Talmud, here is a link to the Soncino edition translated into English in various PDF files. Some people are overly enthusiastic about the Talmudic material, but I post this anyway. The worldview of rabbinic Judaism is not to be considered...
Free PDFs for Some Articles by Mike
I just found out via Liberty University (I'm adjunct for them in their distance program) that I can post links on my blog to free PDF articles that I have written. I presume they have cleared everything with respect rights or they wouldn't be suggesting this to...
Touring Israel Via Google Street View
Check out this link from the Biblical Studies and Technology blog. It's cool, but also a bit creepy. I still care about not living in a Google bubble.
Patristic Citations of the New Testament Text
The Evangelical Textual Criticism blog recently drew attention to some useful resources and strategies for detecting and researching citations of the Greek NT in the Greek church fathers. Have a look!
Full Text Resources from Metropolitan Museum of Art
Readers can follow this link to the Ancient World Online blog for more information. Some very good stuff for research in the ancient world available for free.
Syriac E-Sources
If there are any out there who like Syriac, this is pretty cool. I'm actually not one of them. I actually suggested that it be removed from my graduate program in favor of Akkadian and more Ugaritic. The reason is that languages and literature pre-dating or...
The Status Quo Has Lost Its Status
I've been going to SBL meetings for over ten years. For those of you unacquainted with what biblical studies scholars do for excitement, SBL is the place where you'll hear tweed-clad academics gush over technical research papers on things like prepositions in dead...
Welcome to the New Archive
There is a strange irony to the internet: it makes it possible to share (and often preserve, at least over decades) good material widely, and just as possible for that same material to disappear into the noise. For those who have followed Dr. Heiser for long, you are...
A Great Christmas Idea: “Come and See: An Immersive Audio Experience” of the Story of Jesus in the Gospels
I wanted to let you all know about this new product. The project is directed by a friend of mine, Boyd Barrett. Boyd is an experienced stage actor, and that experience shows in this production. You can follow this link to listen to a free audio sample. I did -- and...
Recordings of ETS Papers from 2016 Conference
In past years, those who follow the Naked Bible blog have asked about obtaining recordings of ETS sessions. Here is the link to the few hundred papers given at ETS that are now available at WordMP3.com. MP3s can be purchased individually or as a package.