Author Archives: fputnam

About fputnam

Born in New Hampshire; raised in Connecticut; educated, married, and careered in Pennsylvania. Music, books, tea, conversation with friends ... this is a good life.

Reading Notes: Abraham (Genesis 12-24)

Posted on 14 June 2014 by fputnam

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

Posted on 13 June 2014 by fputnam

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

Posted on 13 June 2014 by fputnam

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

Posted on 13 June 2014 by fputnam

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

Posted on 13 June 2014 by fputnam

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

Posted on 12 June 2014 by fputnam

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

Posted on 12 June 2014 by fputnam

Textbook Answer Key, chs. 1-18 : An answer key to the first eighteen chapters of Learning & Reading Biblical Hebrew (unpublished).

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A New Grammar of Biblical Hebrew (pre-publication version)

Posted on 12 June 2014 by fputnam

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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Of Wadis & Caravans

Posted on 11 June 2014 by fputnam

wadi – Job 6 This brief paper examines the metaphor that Job uses to condemn his three friends’ failure to offer comfort: they are “treacherous wadis” (Jb 6).

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Eroded Hope : Three Conceptual Metaphors in Job 14

Posted on 11 June 2014 by fputnam

Eroded Hope – SBL 2013 Job’s speeches are replete with metaphors, many of which are self-referential, some of which are counter-expectational. This paper, presented to the Cognitive Linguistics group of SBL (November 2013), examines three of these counter-expectational metaphors in … Continue reading →

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