Category Archives: Research

My academic (I flatter myself!) inquiries into the biblical texts, the ANE, historical and literary criticism, and the social sciences.

Scribal and Print Cultures

Posted on 20 September 2013 by Benj

"Unlike scribal culture, which is inherently anti-individualist, print culture fosters ideas of personal fame by multiplying the author-as-signature indefinitely, projecting him both in space and in time into print-made immortality." J. M. Coetzee, "Censorship and Polemic"

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Home Stretch, Other Projects

Posted on 13 September 2013 by Benj

Stay tuned! Continue reading →

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Baby, brain, Benjamin

Posted on 27 June 2013 by Benj

Sometimes I wonder if I brought all this on our family by choosing to study Lamentations… Continue reading →

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Benjamin in the Divided Monarchy

Posted on 27 April 2013 by Benj

It’s all about the Benjamin(ite)s… Continue reading →

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The Hebrew Bible and the Persian Period

Posted on 21 March 2013 by Benj

“Persian studies have come of age.” Continue reading →

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Seasons: silly, scholarly and serious

Posted on 22 September 2012 by Benj

Cancer, Dissertation, Election… Continue reading →

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Glatt-Gilad on Chronicles

Posted on 27 July 2012 by Benj

“The Chronicler also aimed at inclusivism, though not by incorporating different views side by side or by negotiating between various ideologies but, rather, by highlighting and developing one particular outlook that had the greatest chance of resonating on the popular level.” Continue reading →

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Still Breathing; Classes, Article, Conference Paper

Posted on 6 July 2012 by Benj

Work, church, family, research… Continue reading →

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Too Many Docs on the Dance Floor

Posted on 20 June 2012 by Benj

We’ve subsidized education too much and for too long. There is no reason why we need so many intelligent people pursuing PhDs in the humanities. They could be doing something else productive for society. We need college professors, but not that many. Continue reading →

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Update: Candidacies, Proposals, Teachings

Posted on 10 May 2012 by Benj

This will be quite a quarter of instruction. Continue reading →

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