My Hebrew Students Preparing for Class Today…

 

Bathsheba Goes to the Movies

This five-minute movie was produced by students here at the seminary last year, as a class project for a course on the Bible and the Movies taught by my colleague Prof. Judy Fentress-Williams. The video, set to music, tells the famous David and Bathsheba story. Enjoy!

Blogger Releases an iPhone App

Until now updating this blog on the go, from the iPhone, required using the BlogPress app, an unofficial Blogger application. Now, finally, Google has launched an official app for Blogger. I tested it last night, and it successfully posted text and a photo. I have yet to test the geotagging function. Unlike BlogPress, the app does not yet appear to be able to post video directly from the phone's library, nor does it allow you to organize your text around your pictures. I imagine such improvements and updates must be under consideration or in the works.

Photos and Songs from the Rotunda Sing

 

At the end of August term, Hebrew students, Greek students, and International students gathered in the Addison Academic Building’s Rotunda to serenade each other. Check out the photos and play the music recordings at Josh Hosler’s blog: click here.

Eugene A. Nida, 1914 – 2011

 

Eugene A. Nida, a giant of Bible translation in the twentieth century, has died at his home in Madrid on August 25. He was 96. For more than 50 years Nida was the leader of the translation program of the American Bible Society, and subsequently the intellectual leader of the global program of the United Bible Societies, as well as consultant to that organization.

For more from the UBS website, click here.

For the NYTimes article, click here.

New Butterfly House at the Seminary

I created this 3D panorama today of the new Butterfly House preschool at the seminary: