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See the Quick Tip Aligning Learning Outcomes, Teaching, and Assessments in an Online Course from John Hilton III in Teaching the Bible with Undergraduates. buff.ly/3RUNRuv
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SBL is happy to announce that AM seminar papers from 1971 through 2003 have been digitized and are openly available for anyone to read online or download. All forty-one volumes can be accessed as a part of the Pitts Theology Library Digital Collections. buff.ly/3Bg9gro
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2023 Workshop application deadline is September 29th! APPLY NOW!!
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"We can even teach students about navigating the digital world outside their coursework" Read The Course Site, Interpretation, and Community in Online Biblical Studies by Timothy Luckritz Marquis. buff.ly/3RUNRuv
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Teaching the Bible with Undergraduates includes Quick Tips. Check out Nicholas A. Elder's Bridging the Residential and Online Classroom. buff.ly/3RUNRuv
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"How can biblical studies instructors capitalize on the theological and hermeneutical emphases of Latinx scholars in order to teach all students, especially first-generation Latinx students?" Check out Melanie A. Howard's La Biblia en Acento Latino. buff.ly/3RUNRuv
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"In an era where the effects of various kinds of trauma are increasingly recognized,
trauma-informed teaching is a necessity." Check out Becoming a Trauma-Informed Bible Professor by Kathleen Gallagher Elkins in Teaching the Bible with Undergraduates. buff.ly/3RUNRuv
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"When we read the book of Ruth and discuss food insecurity...I ask students to research federal SNAP benefits and to attempt to live for 24 hrs within the daily SNAP allowance." Read Lesley DiFransico's Food, Hunger, and the Bible: Experiential Learning buff.ly/3RUNRuv
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"Participation in experiential learning is associated...with developing ways of thinking that are foundational to a liberal arts education. " Read Visiting the Dead: Connecting Ancient Text with Modern Practice by John Van Maaren and Hanna Tervanotko buff.ly/3RUNRuv
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“What could the story of the Three Little Pigs possibly have to do with the Synoptic problem?” Read Robby Waddell's Quick Tip in Teaching the Bible with Undergraduates. buff.ly/3RUNRuv
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Read Callie Callon's Quick Tip: Helping Students Negotiate the Variety of Jesuses in Teaching the Bible with Undergraduates. buff.ly/3RUNRuv
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Check out the Quick Tip Zombies in the Biblical Studies Classroom? Bingo! from Katherine Low in Teaching the Bible with Undergraduates. buff.ly/3RUNRuv
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"Anyone who teaches the Bible knows it is impossible to avoid the issue of divine violence." Read more in “You Don’t Always Die from Tobacco”: Teaching with Provocative Video Clips by Eric A. Seibert in Teaching the Bible with Undergraduates. buff.ly/3RUNRuv
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"I showed students high-resolution images of important Greek manuscripts. These images of ancient and tattered documents...sustained student attention and curiosity." See Seth Heringer's Picturing Textual Criticism buff.ly/3RUNRuv
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"We cannot assume that digital natives naturally make constructive use of digital resources because they grew up speaking digital language." Check out Carl N. Toney's Turning Dung into Fertilizer: The Pedagogical Utility of Free e-Bible Tools. buff.ly/3RUNRuv
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SBL exists through the support of its members and volunteers. We encourage you to consider a gift of your service and/or resources. Thank you so much for your contribution, in whatever form it takes. #WeAreSBL. buff.ly/2JYVwGz
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The ACLS invites applications from scholars of the humanities and related social sciences for fellowships of up to $60,000. The ACLS will award up to 60 fellowships. Applications are due 28 September 2022. buff.ly/3QjRgmh
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"The relevance of reading goes beyond daily tasks or a quick look at information that aligns with personal views. Reading has lifelong implications." Check out Sylvie T. Raquel's To Read or Not to Read? in Teaching the Bible with Undergraduates. buff.ly/3RUNRuv
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"They assume that they already know how to read. Many even assume that they know how to read the Bible." Check out Kimberly Bauser McBrien's Reading Together Apart: Social Annotation in Teaching the Bible with Undergraduates. buff.ly/3RUNRuv
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"Information literacy is the ability to understand and think critically about information creation, information use, and information as a resource." Check out Steve Jung's Information Literacy Assignments for Biblical Studies. buff.ly/3RUNRuv
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Check out the Quick Tip: Bite-Sized Expertise: Bible Dictionary Article Abstracts and Presentations from Kara J. Lyons-Pardue in Teaching the Bible with Undergraduates. buff.ly/3RUNRuv
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Teaching the Bible with Undergraduates includes Quick Tips. See Constructing a House Church to Hear Romans from Timothy A. Gabrielson buff.ly/3RUNRuv
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Register today for the 2022 Annual Meetings in Denver before the prices increase on September 23! #sblaar22
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The National Humanities Center is now accepting applications for the 2023-2024 residential fellowship program. This program is open to all PhDs within the humanities. Applications are due 6 October 2022. buff.ly/2YYTbpT
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Incredible find from the ancient Sumerian city of Uruk.
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Check out the Quick Tip Acts in Action by Sylvie T. Raquel in Teaching the Bible with Undergraduates. buff.ly/3RUNRuv
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Teaching the Bible with Undergraduates includes Quick Tips. Check out George Branch-Trevathan's Answering Critical Questions buff.ly/3RUNRuv
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"Authoritarian tendencies may continue to shape US politics...the practices that I have adopted will remain relevant for undergraduate biblical studies pedagogy. " Read Christopher M. Jones's Bring Back the Trivium! Rhetoric and Antiauthoritarianism. buff.ly/3RUNRuv
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"Critical thinking must be learned, especially in the field of biblical studies." Read Jocelyn McWhirter's Thinking Critically about Gender and Biblical Interpretation in Teaching the Bible with Undergraduates. buff.ly/3RUNRuv
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"The discipline’s core competencies of close reading, analysis, cultural context,
and multivalent interpretation align closely with LEAP Essential
Learning Outcome goals." Read Susan E. Haddox's Taking the LEAP in Teaching the Bible with Undergraduates. buff.ly/3RUNRuv
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"For many professors, pedagogical techniques that worked well with Gen Xers and Millennials tend to fall flat with Gen Z." Teaching the Bible with Undergraduates edited by Jocelyn McWhirter Sylvie T. Raquel is now available. buff.ly/3RUNRuv
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The Wabash Center welcomes applications for the 2023 Teaching and Learning Workshops. These workshops support early career teachers of religious and theological studies. Applications are due 29 September 2022. buff.ly/3rTmSpH
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The SBL and the CSWP are delighted to announce the 2022 recipients of SBL’s Outstanding Service in Mentorship Award — Drs. Hindy Najman, Felicity Harley-McGowan, and Jacqueline Vayntrub. Learn more about these amazing scholars here: buff.ly/2KQ3QZk .
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The SBL and CUREMP are pleased to announce the 2022 recipients of SBL’s Outstanding Mentor Award — Drs. Efraín Agosto and Monica Jyotsna Melanchthon. Learn more about these amazing scholars here: buff.ly/2Rt5APY .
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"Board games have been around for thousands of years. Although typically used as a pastime in the modern world, they had a second use in some ancient cultures: divination."
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