Posted in denkschrift, reseña, tagged archaeology, periodicals, reseña on August 28, 2007| Leave a Comment »
I once asked the Regius Professor of Hebrew at the University of Cambridge how he stays abreast of fast-moving developments in biblical archaeology, a field of investigation that is related but decidely peripheral to his own work.
‘I mostly read BAR … ‘, he said, in an unexpectedly low-brow response for the hallowed halls of the Great University. ‘Then if I want to know more about a topic, I move on to more scholarly publications.’ (more…)
Posted in denkschrift, reseña, tagged periodicals, reseña on August 28, 2007| Leave a Comment »
Foreign Affairs makes no apology for its antiquated typescript, large print, and generally stodgy appearance. It hardly needs to.
Posted in clarity, reseña, tagged not-for-profit sector, periodicals, reseña on August 28, 2007| Leave a Comment »
My organization receives this publication of the NonProfit Times free. If yours does too, don’t make the mistake of tossing it out with the junk mail.
Posted in clarity, reseña, tagged leadership, management, periodicals, reseña on August 28, 2007| Leave a Comment »
If you’ve never stood and gaped at the periodicals section of a well-stocked Borders store or scanned an on-line list of periodicals, you may not be aware how astonishingly prolific is the publishing of niche magazines and journals. It is one of the too little celebrated marvels of the English-language editorial industry. (more…)
Posted in denkschrift, reseña, tagged Christianity, ethics, periodicals, reseña on August 27, 2007| Leave a Comment »
Ridley College is an evangelically-inclined Anglican college that operates under the umbrella of the UK’s University of Cambridge. The College is also the sponsor of a vigorous menu of thoughtful booklets on ethics, worship, biblical studies and the like. (more…)
Posted in denkschrift, reseña, tagged biblical criticism, periodicals, reseña on August 27, 2007| Leave a Comment »
When an emerging generation of biblical scholars found themselves increasingly squeezed by what they perceived as the theological claustrophobia of the Evangelical Theological Society (ETS), the Institute for Biblical Research (IBR) was born to offer an alternative. While many of the IBR’s members continue to hold membership in the ETS, it is also true that many members opt instead to throw in their lot with the much broader Society of Biblical Literature (SBL). (more…)
Posted in denkschrift, reseña, tagged Hebrew, periodicals, reseña on August 27, 2007| Leave a Comment »
The University of Wisconsin at Madison has one of America’s most active Hebrew studies departments. One fruit of the scholarly activity that goes on there is Hebrew Studies with its telling subtitle: A Journal Devoted to Hebrew Language and Literature (more…)
Posted in clarity, reseña, tagged periodicals on August 27, 2007| Leave a Comment »
This little 48-pager is one of those periodicals you need to browse in order to know what’s goin’ on around you. This genre of magazine tends to throw up at least one fascinating article and about two items of business environment news per issue that you don’t want to go without.
If you’re a Hoosier and the social version of peripheral vision matters to you, be sure to have a monthly peek at IndianaBusiness.
Posted in reseña, tagged periodicals, reseña on August 23, 2007| Leave a Comment »
Macworld’s glossy monthly has been around for about as long as Apple has been making Macs. I’ve been a subscriber for most of that time and—if I had saved past issues—could probably paper Cupertino’s main streets with this periodical’s pages. (more…)
Posted in reseña, tagged periodicals, reseña on August 23, 2007| Leave a Comment »
A little over two years ago I moved from an exotic, beautiful, international location to take a superb job in what I took to be the boring city of Indianapolis. Friends and strangers routinely asked ‘What were you smoking?’ or some variant of that question. (more…)
Canter Bridge 