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Upcoming classes! (I stopped doing posts simply about upcoming classes, mostly to reduce clutter, but I realise some people read this blog but do not get updates on my courses via other means. So, I'll make a habit of doing a regular post before each term, and then
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In our previous two posts we reflected on what for and who for theological education exists, before discussing (albeit far far too briefly), what education is. In this post I turn to consider the question of 'communities' - which communities are in view when we talk about education as
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In the previous post in this series, I began to reflect upon the nature of theological education, and online education in particular, through the lens of what for and who for. In this post I want to turn our attention to "what" education is. What exactly do we
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In this and a series of subsequent posts I'm going to think-out-loud my thoughts on theological colleges, seminaries, and online education. If you're here usually for mostly classical language pedagogy, feel free to take a short break from reading! But otherwise, we're
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This post is a response to a twitter thread by David Schroder, responding to another twitter thread by biblingo, responding to another twitter thread by me. Twitter threads three-deep. Anyway, David is a current student of mine, and biblingo are friends-in-languages, so this is written in a
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What's it like to forget a language? or two? And what does that mean for acquired vs. 'learned' language? In this post I reflect upon my experience with two separate languages, and how different forgetting can be. Learning (Biblical) Hebrew I studied Biblical Hebrew in Seminary,
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“Nearly all the wisdom which we possess, that is to say, true and sound wisdom, consists of two parts: the knowledge of God and of ourselves. But, while joined by many bonds, which one precedes and brings forth the other is not easy to discern.” ~ Calvin, the Institutes 1.1.
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I know, I am notorious for starting new projects, and not necessarily finishing them. Anyway, that's a personal flaw I'm working on. In this post I'm going to talk about two newish projects I'm working on and a bit about how I&
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The best way to learn Ancient Greek is with a live teacher, in person, with lots of contact time, speaking, talking, reading, writing. That's not possible for everyone, and I don't have a position that lets me teach like that anyway. It's why SeumasU
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I know that everyone is always excited to hear about LGPSI and what's happening or not happening. I'm pleased to report that some things are happening. I try not to ever make promises about LGPSI progress, because I never want to disappoint you with expectations unfulfilled.
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A Greek Reader: A companion to A Primer of Biblical Greek, by Mark Jeong. Eerdmans 2022 This review comes in two parts. Firstly, I'm going to give some general impressions and thoughts on the book as a whole. Following that, I have some specific notes on the Greek