Bits, Bytes & Biblical Studies
Author: John Jay Hughes
Publisher: Zondervan Publishing Company
Published: 1987
Total Pages: 712
ISBN-13:
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Bits, Bytes, and Binyanim
Author: Arian J. C. Verheij
Publisher: Peeters Publishers
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9789042907836
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis study offers a new approach to one of the central elements of Hebrew and Semitic grammar, viz. the binyanim or conjugations. Using various quantitative methods, the book analyzes the complete verbal vocabulary of the Hebrew Bible as contained in the machine-readable text developed at the Werkgroep Informatica (Department of Biblical Studies, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam) focusing on morphological characteristics as well as on some basic semantic and syntactic features. It is argued, i.a., that the Qal should be regarded as the default binyan of the Hebrew Bible, and that the Pi` `el acts to some extent as a rival to the Qal. Among the features discussed, it is transitivity which emerges as the most important one. The author (1959) reads theology at the University of Amsterdam, specializing in Old Testament studies and Biblical Hebrew. After his 1990 Leiden PhD on a linguistic comparison of the books of Samuel, Kings, and Chronicles, he joined the Werkgroep Informatica in 1992.
Believing in Bits
Author: Simone Natale
Publisher:
Published: 2020
Total Pages: 265
ISBN-13: 0190949988
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBelieving in Bits advances the idea that religious beliefs and practices have become inextricably linked to the functioning of digital media. How did we come to associate things such as mindreading and spirit communications with the functioning of digital technologies? How does the internet�s capacity to facilitate the proliferation of beliefs blur the boundaries between what is considered fiction and fact? Addressing these and similar questions, the volume challenges and redefines established understandings of digital media and culture by employing the notions of belief, religion, and the supernatural.
Systematic Theology
Author: Wayne A. Grudem
Publisher: Zondervan Academic
Published: 2009-05-18
Total Pages: 1298
ISBN-13: 0310566029
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Christian church has a long tradition of systematic theology, that is, of studying biblical teaching on centrally important doctrines such as the Word of God, redemption, and Jesus Christ. Wayne Grudem's bestselling Systematic Theology has several distinctive features: A strong emphasis on the scriptural basis for each doctrine Clear writing, with technical terms kept to a minimum A contemporary approach, treating subjects of special interest to the church today A friendly tone, appealing to the emotions and the spirit as well as the intellect Frequent application to life Resources for worship within each chapter Bibliographies in each chapter that cross-reference subjects to a wide range of other systematic theologies.
Liquid Scripture
Author: Jeffrey S. Siker
Publisher: Fortress Press
Published: 2017-09-01
Total Pages: 317
ISBN-13: 1506407870
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe electronic Bible is here to stay‒‒packaged in software on personal computers, available as apps on tablets and cell phones. Increasingly, students look at glowing screens to consult the Bible in class, and congregants do the same in Bible study and worship. Jeffrey S. Siker asks, what difference does it make to our experience of Scripture if we no longer hold a book in our hands, if we again “scroll” through Scripture? How does the “flow” of electronic Scripture change our perception of the Bible’s authority and significance? Siker discusses the difference made when early Christians adopted the codex rather than the scroll and Gutenberg began the mass production of printed Bibles. He also reviews the latest research on how the reading brain processes digital texts and how churches use digital Bibles, including American Bible Society research and his own surveys of church leaders. Siker asks, does the proliferation of electronic translations reduce the perceived seriousness of Scripture? Does it promote an individualistic response to the Bible? How does the change from a physical Bible affect liturgical practice? His synthesis of the advantages and risks of the digitized Bible merit serious reflection in classrooms and churches alike.
Verbal Syntax in the Greek Pentateuch
Author: Trevor Vivian Evans
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 370
ISBN-13: 9780198270102
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAddressing the entire Greek Pentateuch, this study of the Greek verb investigates the value of these translations' evidence for the history of the Greek language. The nature and influence from the underlying Hebrew are comprehensively analysed.
Pauline Language and the Pastoral Epistles
Author: Jermo van Nes
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2017-12-11
Total Pages: 554
ISBN-13: 9004358420
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn Pauline Language and the Pastoral Epistles Jermo van Nes questions the common assumption in New Testament scholarship that language variation is necessarily due to author variation. By using the so-called Pastoral Epistles (PE) as a test-case, Van Nes demonstrates by means of statistical linguistics that only one out of five of their major lexical and syntactic peculiarities differs significantly from other Pauline writings. Most of the PE’s linguistic peculiarities are shown to differ considerably in the Corpus Paulinum, but modern studies in classics and linguistics suggest that factors other than author variation account equally if not better for this variation. Since all of these explanatory factors are compatible with current authorship hypotheses of the PE, Van Nes suggests to no longer use language as a criterion in debates about their authenticity.
Mishnah and Tosefta
Author: Alberdina Houtman
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 284
ISBN-13: 9783161466380
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Studies in Hebrew and Aramaic Orthography
Author: David Noel Freedman
Publisher: Eisenbrauns
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780931464638
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book introduces the student to the textual study of the Hebrew Bible--to help such a student "perceive the work of the numberless and nameless scribes torn between tradition and fashion in their restrained attempts to update the orthography of Scripture." Sixteen essays serve as the bridge from older methods for the study of orthography to newer ones, using the computer to analyze large bodies of text.
Turning Points in Religious Studies
Author: Ursula King
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2016-10-06
Total Pages: 354
ISBN-13: 1474281141
DOWNLOAD EBOOKReligious Studies was first introduced as a new discipline in universities and colleges around the world in the 1960s. This discipline brought about a reorientation of the study of religion, created new perspectives and influenced all sectors of education. The essays presented in this volume provide a clear and comprehensive overview of the history of Religious Studies as an academic discipline, the turning points it faces and the directions it might take in the future. The work is organised in three sections. The first presents a succinct case study of the historical development of Religious Studies in Britain. The second considers the development of Religious Studies throughout the world in its major constituents, including Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, 'traditional' African religions, Christianity, Islam and new religious movements in Africa, the study of truth and dialogue in religion, science and the rediscovery of religious experience, mysticism. The third section looks to developments in Religious Studies, in particular at religion in relation to the arts, gender, information technology and to Religious Studies in a global perspective.
