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Lockdown Diary: Prof John Barclay, Durham University

November 17, 2020 by Tavis Bohlinger 4 Comments

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Life in lockdown is exhausting. Planning, organising, and administering online teaching is sapping all the mental energy and time at the moment, while teaching is less rewarding than usual, without significant face-to-face interaction. (God so loved the world, that he did not Zoom us …).


Also the drama, frustration and anxiety caused by the news takes up so much mental and emotional space, that it is hard to think clearly and well. The result is that there is, for me at least, very little reading/research and no extended writing taking place at all.

On the plus side, the online world allows international interaction across continents without the hassle, pollution, and expense of travel. But if this goes on long, we will find ourselves with less and less to say to each other, and unable to make meaningful new scholarly relationships. An online conference is not a patch on the real thing!

John M. G. Barclay is the Lightfoot Professor of Divinity at Durham University.

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Filed Under: Miscellaneous Tagged With: barclay, coronavirus, durham, gift, lockdown, pandemic, paul, Paul and the Gift, research, scholar, supervisor, university

How to Use the Dead Sea Scrolls in Biblical Studies

March 3, 2017 by Tavis Bohlinger 3 Comments

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We’ve had a few significant posts on the Dead Sea Scrolls here on theLAB the last few weeks, including Craig Evans’s breaking news of the discovery of Cave 12, and then a follow-up post that asked the question of the importance of studying the scrolls at all.

In this post, I have two objectives: first, I’m going to introduce you to two of the best ways to study the DSS; second, I’ll show you how to use these resources by looking at two brief examples. [Read more…]

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Filed Under: Greek, Hebrew, Miscellaneous Tagged With: barclay, dss, grace, great isaiah scroll, Isaiah, Israel Museum, Paul and the Gift

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