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Author Archives: fputnam
Reading Notes: Abraham (Genesis 12-24)
Reading notes Abraham Notes on vocabulary, grammar, and syntax of the Hebrew text of the biblical stories about Abraham, intended as a resource for beginning students.
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On the Nature of This Course
On the Nature of This Course This essay forms the major part of the syllabi for all courses that I teach, at all levels. It addresses reading, conversing, writing, research, and grading.
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From Darkness to Gloom : An Odyssey in Learning & Teaching
alpha chi epsilon new edition A paper on pedagogy, read to the chapter of Alpha Chi Epsilon at Cairn University.
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The New School of Theology : A Modest Proposal for Theological Education
The New School of Theology : A Proposal This “white paper” proposes a new approach to post-secondary or graduate-level theological education (seminary, divinity school).
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Commencement Address: The Covenant School, 2014
Commencement Address : The Covenant School 2014 An address delivered to the graduating seniors, faculty, et al., at The Covenant School, Charlottesville, VA, on 24 May 2014.
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Whose Story is It? Genesis 44 in NLT
Gn 44 – whose story This paper presents a textlinguistic analysis of the Hebrew text of Gn 44.1-13, and then compares the results of this to the same verses in the New Living Translation (first edition) in order to ask … Continue reading
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Answer Key to Learning & Reading Biblical Hebrew, chs. 1-18
Textbook Answer Key, chs. 1-18 : An answer key to the first eighteen chapters of Learning & Reading Biblical Hebrew (unpublished).
A New Grammar of Biblical Hebrew (pre-publication version)
Learning & Reading Biblical Hebrew This file contains the complete text (pdf) of a pre-publication version of A New Grammar of Biblical Hebrew, now published by Sheffield Phoenix (2010).
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