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At Anumma, I blog on studies in Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, on teaching and academia, and on learning and learning technologies in higher education.
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Anumma · 4W ago

Re-thinking My Creative Commons Licenses

I'm rethinking my copyrights. Bethany Nowviskie wrote recently that she is dropping the "no-commercial-use" specification—the clause that prevents people from making money off her work—from the Creative Commons copyright she holds on much of what she makes. Briefly, she concludes that, if she is alr
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Anumma · 1M ago

Borrowing Syllabi: Collaborate, Re-mix, Acknowledge

A number of years back, Chris Heard posted the flowchart by which he assessed a certain paper-writing assignment. I have mentioned before that I picked it up and modified it for my own use. At that time, I incorporated much of it into a checklist for the students to consult before submitting the pap
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Anumma · 1M ago

Akma on Uncritical Criticism

Akma has resumed his blog series, "How to Do Exegesis," with a post describing an example of "critical scholarship" sneaking in uncritical or fallacious moves (like poisoning the well, or ad hominem, or the non sequitur). Yesterday I applauded the SBL's new "blurb" concerning its standards for "crit
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Anumma · 1M ago

"Farewell to SBL" Revisited: Biblical Studies, Religious Faith, and the New "Blurb"

We've just emerged from that exciting time of year when scholars in biblical and religious studies await word on whether their presentation proposals have been accepted by the sessions of the Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature and the American Academy of Religion. Those in the SBL
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Anumma · 1M ago

Blog Discovery: "Academic Workflow for Mac"

I don't know why I haven't seen this blog already: Academic Workflow on Mac. For me, this blog fits nicely in the gap between the "productivity on the Mac" resources (like Mac Power Users) and the "academic productivity" resources (like Prof Hacker). "Academic Workflow for Mac" looks at familiar cri
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Anumma · 1M ago

Use Verbal Phrases in Bullets, Lists, and Outlines

Wherever my students have needed to write bulleted lists or other short phrases, I have found myself urging them to use verbal phrases rather than just nouns or noun phrases. This has led me to review and change the way I write outlines, lists, presentation slides, and other works calling for short,
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Anumma · 1M ago

Biblical Hebrew Vocabulary Frequency Lists: Quizzes

Summary: I previously offered "frequency lists" for biblical Hebrew and Greek vocabulary. Here, I offer a series of twenty "quiz banks," allowing instructors easily to create vocabulary quizzes tied to frequency of attestation. Most quizzes include verbs, nouns, adjectives, and particles including p
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Anumma · 1M ago

Teaching Carnival 5.08 is Up

The latest Teaching Carnival is available at Prof Hacker, the permanent home of the Teaching Carnival. Categories for this carnival are "It's about the Students," "Tools of the Trade," "Learning," and "In the News." The Teaching Carnival is a carnival of blog posts in higher education.
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Anumma · 1M ago

Literary Allusion in the Bible (Book of Daniel): SBL/AAR 2012

One of my two proposals to SBL/AAR 2012 has been accepted. I will be presenting in the Book of Daniel consultation on "Allusion to Isaiah in Daniel 7-12, in Light of 35 Years of Allusion Criticism."
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Anumma · 1M ago

Hayyom Yom Huledet la'Anu-um-ma

Today this blog is humming "Happy Birthday" to itself while putting down shelf paper and unpacking boxes in its new home. It's had a quiet year while I keep busy with offline writing, with my OT and Hebrew teaching, and with learning and teaching digital learning and teaching. There is some good stu
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