Words on the Word
Reviews
Not as Literal as You Think? A Review of One Bible, Many Versions
“Are literal versions really literal?” So asks Dave Brunn in One Bible, Many Versions: Are All Translations Created Equal? Brunn is a missionary and educator with extensive Bible translation experience. Noting that the Bible is “virtually silent” on “the issue of translation theory,” he seeks in his book to answer questions like: “How literal should a … Continue reading
The Honest Toddler: A Book Review
Being a parent is very simple. There is no reason for you to constantly go to other adults who do not know your toddler for advice or conspiring. What happens at home stays at home. …When it comes to being a good parent, the most important resources are the words that come out of your child’s amazing … Continue reading
New Mark Kozelek (Sun Kil Moon) & Jimmy LaValle (Album Leaf): STREAM
Click here to hear a full stream of the new Mark Kozelek (Sun Kil Moon) and Jimmy LaValle album, Perils from the Sea. I’ve been waiting for this collaboration for a quite some time. It already has one positive review. Three songs in, and the Koz’s precious nylon-string guitar is nowhere to be found.
Logos 5: Gold package, reviewed (part 2)
Logos 5 has been on the market for a few months now. How is it holding up? I reviewed Logos 5 in several parts when it first came out last fall, looking especially at the Silver package. Those reviews are all compiled here. Since then I’ve been using the Gold base package, which I began … Continue reading
Gary Burge’s Jesus and the Jewish Festivals, reviewed
In college I thought my friend Chad was really cool (he was) for climbing on top of college buildings late at night and shouting the Shema at the top of his lungs… until he was corralled by Public Safety. Sh’ma Yisrael: Adonai Eloheinu, Adonai echad! I learned my first Hebrew in Gary Burge’s Christian Thought class my … Continue reading
Review of IVP’s Dictionary of the Old Testament: Pentateuch (final part 3)
I’ve been spending some time the last few weeks with InterVarsity Press’s Dictionary of the Old Testament: Pentateuch in Logos Bible Software. You can read part 1 of my review here and part 2 here; those help provide context for this third and final part to the review. In this post I summarize and briefly interact with … Continue reading
The Handy Guide to New Testament Greek, reviewed
Recently my Greek reading has improved due to spending regular time refreshing my memory on verb paradigms, rules of syntax, and so on. The tool I’ve been using is Douglas S. Huffman’s Handy Guide to New Testament Greek (Kregel, 2012). Huffman’s Handy Guide consists of three parts: Grammar (“Greek Grammar Reminder: With Enough English to Be Manageable”) Syntax (“Greek Syntax … Continue reading
(Part 2) Review of IVP’s Dictionary of the Old Testament: Pentateuch
Sarah, Melchizedek, and the language of the Pentateuch. Last week I reviewed the articles on each of those topics in InterVarsity Press’s Dictionary of the Old Testament: Pentateuch in Logos Bible Software. Here’s what the IVP page says about the dictionary in its book description: The Dictionary of the Old Testament: Pentateuch is the first in a four-volume series covering the … Continue reading
Review of IVP’s Dictionary of the Old Testament: Pentateuch (Logos edition)
Over the next few weeks I’ll be reviewing IVP’s Dictionary of the Old Testament: Pentateuch in Logos Bible Software. I’ll look at a few dictionary articles in each post, commenting on the content of each, as well as on the dictionary’s presentation in Logos. I’ve reviewed Logos 4 and 5, looking at several packages and additional resources. Find … Continue reading
Five Kids’ Magazines We Enjoy
Here are five children’s magazines we particularly enjoy reading to our two-year-old and five-year-old: 5. High Five “My First Hidden Pictures” and “That’s Silly!” are two favorite features of the magazine. It says it’s for ages 2 to 6, but it’s hard to imagine any two-year-old tracking with it. Better for slightly older kids. 4. … Continue reading
