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...
Tools & Resources
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 —...
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.
Hand Drawing Cuneiform
I found this blog this morning via Twitter. It’s a new one, and begins with how to use Adobe Illustrator to trace out cuneiform tablets. I don’t have Illustrator, but if anyone in the graphic arts community knows of a similar (free) online tool for tracing...
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...
Research Links for Radio Listeners
I’m re-posting the link to research resources related to topics that factor into The Facade and The Portent for listeners this week.
New Website Dedicated to NT Scholar Father Raymond Brown
Mark Goodacre passed along this note about a new website dedicated to Father Brown. Check it out. I also recommend going to that part of the site that includes several PDFs of Brown’s work. He was a major force in NT scholarship and Jesus studies.
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. Â Thanks as well (7/1/2013) to the Spooky Paradigms blogger for directing my attention to his first post in the series,...
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!
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....
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.
Faithlife and the Faithlife Study Bible
I’m happy to finally be able to announce two new items produced by Logos Bible Software: Faithlife (see About Faithlife) and the Faithlife Study Bible. Faithlife is a social web community platform that provides far more security than sites like Facebook. It is...
Some Online Digital Resources of Interest
In recent days several valuable online resources have been posted on the web that will no doubt be of interest to readers. One is temporary (the month of April only) but the other two are permanent. Temporary Some time ago over at my Naked Bible blog I blogged on the...
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...