Comments on: Raising the Language Bar for Seminary Studies http://biblical-studies.ca/blog/2007/07/16/raising-the-language-bar-for-seminary-studies/ My musings on Biblical Studies, Biblical Hebrew, Dead Sea Scrolls, Septuagint, Popular Culture, Religion, Software, and pretty much anything else that interests me! Wed, 17 Apr 2013 10:50:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Christian Seminary Language Education: It’s Pretty Sad. « A d F o n t e s http://biblical-studies.ca/blog/2007/07/16/raising-the-language-bar-for-seminary-studies/comment-page-1/#comment-162916 Christian Seminary Language Education: It’s Pretty Sad. « A d F o n t e s Tue, 07 Aug 2007 18:38:20 +0000 http://biblical-studies.ca/blog/wp/2007/07/16/raising-the-language-bar-for-seminary-studies/#comment-162916 [...] Education: It’s Pretty Sad. Recently a good friend directed me to the following posts by Tyler Williams, who was dovetailing off a post by John Hobbins about the state of linguistic education in [...]

]]> By: Menachem Mendel » Blog Archive » Languages, Critical Inquiry and Theological Education http://biblical-studies.ca/blog/2007/07/16/raising-the-language-bar-for-seminary-studies/comment-page-1/#comment-159614 Menachem Mendel » Blog Archive » Languages, Critical Inquiry and Theological Education Tue, 24 Jul 2007 18:52:44 +0000 http://biblical-studies.ca/blog/wp/2007/07/16/raising-the-language-bar-for-seminary-studies/#comment-159614 [...] posts on the need for stronger language skills for theological students. His post has resulted in a number of interesting responses. As someone who has taught rabbinical, graduate, and non-degree (לשמה) [...]

]]> By: Charles Halton http://biblical-studies.ca/blog/2007/07/16/raising-the-language-bar-for-seminary-studies/comment-page-1/#comment-158508 Charles Halton Thu, 19 Jul 2007 18:10:23 +0000 http://biblical-studies.ca/blog/wp/2007/07/16/raising-the-language-bar-for-seminary-studies/#comment-158508 Great statement Chip. I very much agree.

]]> By: Chip http://biblical-studies.ca/blog/2007/07/16/raising-the-language-bar-for-seminary-studies/comment-page-1/#comment-157618 Chip Tue, 17 Jul 2007 12:29:04 +0000 http://biblical-studies.ca/blog/wp/2007/07/16/raising-the-language-bar-for-seminary-studies/#comment-157618 Well said, Tyler. A theological “education” which does not place a great emphasis upon reading the original languages and yet says it stands in the Protestant tradition is hypocritical.

As an aside: I would be interested in finding out what you thought of integrating computer aids (read: bible software) into early language education. Is it a pedagogical crutch or a critical evolution? Christo van der Merwe has a very interesting article about one such teaching method.

What do you think?

]]> By: Ancient Hebrew Poetry: What’s Wrong with Seminaries? Why Don’t They Provide Solid Training in Biblical Interpretation? | Withering Fig http://biblical-studies.ca/blog/2007/07/16/raising-the-language-bar-for-seminary-studies/comment-page-1/#comment-157254 Ancient Hebrew Poetry: What’s Wrong with Seminaries? Why Don’t They Provide Solid Training in Biblical Interpretation? | Withering Fig Mon, 16 Jul 2007 19:06:34 +0000 http://biblical-studies.ca/blog/wp/2007/07/16/raising-the-language-bar-for-seminary-studies/#comment-157254 [...] Tyler F. Williams puts in his two cents at Codex. [...]

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